On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jonathan Corbet <corbet-ft(a)lwn.net> wrote:
Here's a strange pathology that just bit me for the first time in
a while,
though I've seen it before. I'm not sure where to file a bug on this
one...
In short: I'll be working away, minding my own business, when the desktop
goes completely dead - no response to any key or mouse events. That said,
the X server is still running; the pointer still moves with the mouse. I
can also switch to another virtual console with alt-ctrl-Fn. Sometimes
things start working again after some time (measured in minutes);
sometimes I lose patience and start over. Today I went and made lunch and
it never came back.
I've noticed the same behavior on my box, that was freshly installed
with Fedora 17 last Friday. I'll see what I can do to gather
information about the problem as well.
--
Lucas