Ubuntu 18 unity - keyboard (not mouse) freeze, lightdm restart borks system
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I'm having the following problem within Unity in Ubuntu 18
- after a while the keyboard becomes non responsive (sometimes, prior to this it behaves like a mouse button is stuck down and mouse movement drags to hightlight text).
- the mouse moves and the window manager is responsive to it (mouse-hover actions are highlighted)
- I can CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to a different user via the usual Ubuntu graphical user login. The keyboard words here to type the user's password, and works within the other user's sesssion
- if I switch back to the first user, keyboard is broken again.
- restarting lightdm from the other user breaks the system, and I need to reboot. (I can enter the user's login, something breaks and I'm kicked back to login and need to reboot).
I think we can rule out hardware problems.
Seems like the X-server works OK, since I can switch user.
Ideas on the problem? How to resolve?
Is with Dell XPS 15 9560 laptop.
unity keyboard lightdm
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I'm having the following problem within Unity in Ubuntu 18
- after a while the keyboard becomes non responsive (sometimes, prior to this it behaves like a mouse button is stuck down and mouse movement drags to hightlight text).
- the mouse moves and the window manager is responsive to it (mouse-hover actions are highlighted)
- I can CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to a different user via the usual Ubuntu graphical user login. The keyboard words here to type the user's password, and works within the other user's sesssion
- if I switch back to the first user, keyboard is broken again.
- restarting lightdm from the other user breaks the system, and I need to reboot. (I can enter the user's login, something breaks and I'm kicked back to login and need to reboot).
I think we can rule out hardware problems.
Seems like the X-server works OK, since I can switch user.
Ideas on the problem? How to resolve?
Is with Dell XPS 15 9560 laptop.
unity keyboard lightdm
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
user48956
2531311
add a comment |
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up vote
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I'm having the following problem within Unity in Ubuntu 18
- after a while the keyboard becomes non responsive (sometimes, prior to this it behaves like a mouse button is stuck down and mouse movement drags to hightlight text).
- the mouse moves and the window manager is responsive to it (mouse-hover actions are highlighted)
- I can CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to a different user via the usual Ubuntu graphical user login. The keyboard words here to type the user's password, and works within the other user's sesssion
- if I switch back to the first user, keyboard is broken again.
- restarting lightdm from the other user breaks the system, and I need to reboot. (I can enter the user's login, something breaks and I'm kicked back to login and need to reboot).
I think we can rule out hardware problems.
Seems like the X-server works OK, since I can switch user.
Ideas on the problem? How to resolve?
Is with Dell XPS 15 9560 laptop.
unity keyboard lightdm
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
user48956
2531311
I'm having the following problem within Unity in Ubuntu 18
- after a while the keyboard becomes non responsive (sometimes, prior to this it behaves like a mouse button is stuck down and mouse movement drags to hightlight text).
- the mouse moves and the window manager is responsive to it (mouse-hover actions are highlighted)
- I can CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to a different user via the usual Ubuntu graphical user login. The keyboard words here to type the user's password, and works within the other user's sesssion
- if I switch back to the first user, keyboard is broken again.
- restarting lightdm from the other user breaks the system, and I need to reboot. (I can enter the user's login, something breaks and I'm kicked back to login and need to reboot).
I think we can rule out hardware problems.
Seems like the X-server works OK, since I can switch user.
Ideas on the problem? How to resolve?
Is with Dell XPS 15 9560 laptop.
unity keyboard lightdm
unity keyboard lightdm
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
user48956
2531311
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
user48956
2531311
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
edited Nov 30 at 15:21
Zanna
49.3k13126236
49.3k13126236
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
user48956
2531311
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
user48956
2531311
asked Nov 28 at 19:40
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It turns out that simply tapping touch screen fixes this issue.
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It turns out that simply tapping touch screen fixes this issue.
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
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It turns out that simply tapping touch screen fixes this issue.
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
user48956
2531311
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up vote
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It turns out that simply tapping touch screen fixes this issue.
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
user48956
2531311
It turns out that simply tapping touch screen fixes this issue.
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
user48956
2531311
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
user48956
2531311
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
user48956
2531311
answered Nov 29 at 18:10
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