A followup in case anyone has followed/found this thread with the same issue. A relevant fact is that I have an ASUS P7P55D Motherboard. An internet search revealed people with that (or similar numbered MB's) with the same issue; that is, the PS/2 keyboard would sporadically lock up, with Linux kernel 2.6.32. I've yet to find a fix. A useful thread is
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9818573 see, in particular, the post from Andrew Stevenson. Andrew suggests that reloading the psmouse kernel module during a lockup can be used to free it; I haven't confirmed that because I'm using the workaround (below). To do that, you need to access the machine remotely (or create a menu entry that does so, and which you can launch from a mouse). The work-around I have adopted, which has made the problem disappear, is to use a PS/2 to USB adapter and plug the keyboard into a USB port. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110119111606.6b06407d@gauss
