logical american wrote: > Hello: > > I am looking for pointers on how to troubleshoot a thorny problem. This > afternoon at 4:30 pm, my openSuse > Leap 42.2 Linux OS froze up the keyboard, the mouse and left a black > screen. I tried some of the emergency > keyboard buttons, but they did not respond either. I had to finally > manual reboot the system by pressing the reset switch. > > The monitor detected no input from the graphics card at all, I noticed > while pushing keyboard buttons and turning the > monitor off and on. > > I believe that the system was running normally and I only have 4 gigs of > memory loaded in 12 gig memory space, as > the running leds for normal operation were lit. > > After the manual reset, I went to the /var/log area, but it was clean, > as if everything was normal. > > How does one troubleshoot a problem like this? I am not even sure of > where to start? > > Thanks for the assist. > > Randall > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Randall,
Did you unplug and plug your keyboard back in to your USB. I have had a few keyboard dropouts without any explanations. The system would appear to be frozen because the keyboard had been dropped from USB. Ken _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug