[OM Cooker] Experiment Regarding Ben's M$ kbd/mouse in OMLx3.

Ben Bullard benbullard79 at cox.net
Fri Jan 22 18:09:09 EST 2016


Attached is full contents (gziped) of journalctl -mx of the system 
OMLx3/w wired OMN kbd/mouse.

Ben Bullard
ben79
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OpenMandriva-QA Team

On 01/22/2016 02:50 PM, Ben Bullard wrote:
> Results: Left computer on over night. This morning after I woke it up 
> I had the gray screen and unresponsive computer (no kbd/mouse). So I 
> believe this indicates that it may not be M$ device that is crashing 
> computer. I've been wondering about this because why does system work 
> with M$ device for a period of hours and then crash?
>
> Some more important details: After these crashes system will reboot 
> and boots to sddm login screen with progress bar then to my plasma5 
> desktop. All looks normal except mouse cursor in middle of screen 
> which of course won't move. Also I enable login sound and after crash 
> when rebooting I hear the login sound.
>
> So X works and sound works. All I know of that aren't working are 
> still kbd and mouse. This experiment just suggests that crash happens 
> with either wired cheap OMN devices or M$ wireless device.
>
> Also to clear up a possible miscommunication on my part last night. I 
> don't ever leave the Live .iso running long enough to know if that 
> would/wouldn't crash. All I know is that on hardware after install on 
> SSD system works for a period of hours and then at some point crashes. 
> Crash has happened both while I was using computer and while I was 
> away. It is consistent. I've documented now 8 installs in a row, the 
> last one with different kbd/mouse, the crash eventually happens.
>
> I'll provide any logs needed to resolve this just tell me what is needed.
> Ben Bullard
> ben79
> --------------------
> OpenMandriva-QA Team
>
> On 01/21/2016 04:08 PM, Ben Bullard wrote:
>> I've been working with Colin (itchka_) and Bernhard  (bero) on IRC on 
>> this issue. This is an update. I'm in a period of time where I have 
>> to be mostly away from computer so thought this best time for this 
>> experiment. There help has been much appreciated.
>>
>> Experiment is:*Install of OM Lx 3, System updated, and with wired kbd 
>> and mouse* _*only*_ *no M$ hardware attached*.
>>
>> If it does or does not crash that will tell us something. What has 
>> happened with 7 previous installs w/M$ wireless kbd/mouse is it works 
>> for about 2-4 hours and at some point blanks to a gray screen and is 
>> completely unresponsive thereafter.
>>
>> But M$ kbd/mouse do work in live .iso and for a period of time (2-4 
>> hours) after install.
>> Purpose of experiment is to see if M$ kbd/mouse is or isn't cause of 
>> crash.
>>
>> Will stay logged in IRC@#open-mandriva  (unless system crashes) but 
>> will be in and out. Mostly out.
>>
>> System has been installed for a little over 2 and 1/2 hours so far so 
>> we shall see what we shall see. Just for fun will attach latest, from 
>> this install, output of journalctl -mxe.
>>
>> Also the broken system we were working on last night is still 
>> available for debugging. Should have more time tomorrow.
>>
>> FWIW: This wired kbd is an elcheapo and it kinda sucks...:-(
>> -- 
>> Ben Bullard
>> ben79
>> --------------------
>> OpenMandriva-QA Team
>>
>

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