Public bug reported: >From time-to-time, when using cosmic, my keyboard presses will no longer register. This applies to both the internal laptop keyboard and my external keyboard. I haven't identified any particular trigger of this.
The one workaround I have found is to use the mouse (which is still fully functional, along with everything else about my desktop environment except keyboard input) to click the "Show Applications" button; this appeared to free up my keyboard input. (The lock-up has happened multiple times, but it only just occurred to me to attempt that as a work-around; this may not be reliable.) My keyboards did continue to work perfectly fine in a serial console, but switching to/from the console did not unlock input in GNOME Shell. Nor did unplugging and replugging my external keyboard. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.30.1-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-8.9-generic 4.18.7 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 11 00:23:08 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (352 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-09-10 (30 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797301 Title: Keyboard input stops being processed entirely To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1797301/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs