----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] recent 8.2 install system lock-ups
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 05 July 2002 7:20 pm, magnet wrote: > I have installed Mandrake 8.2. The computer runs 24 hours solid, but > lately I have been coming in from work and the system is > unresponsive. I cannot click on anything, the keyboard appears to > have no effect but i can still move the mouse pointer around the > screen and the clock is still showing the correct time. > Any suggestions how to get this install running as smoothly as 8.0 > will be appreciated :) Perchance do you have a USB mouse attached to a hub? If you do, move it to a USB port attached to the motherboard. Also, if you have a USB keyboard, use the PS/2 connector instead. These, in combination, stopped similar mysterious lockups in my case. Alastair - -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9JeYjCv59vFiSU4YRAnpUAJ0UV3ouiOZXNcjQ3HlhTOvOzv0FXgCeJtD0 OK7cDZZHRVc6waHbWr2Duv4= =YsP5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Cheers for the suggestion Alastair, but no usb devices attached m8. regards magnet
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