mouse and keyboard locking up [Solved - card reader was culprit]

[Claude Jones]

No one responded on this, but, in case someone else has similar 
problems. The issue was caused by a card reader with three or four 
different slots in it for various sized cards, plus a USB port. 
Unplugging if from the machine has cured the problem.

On 12/16/2011 03:28 PM, Claude Jones wrote:
> My Fedora box is on an IOGear KVM. It's always been completely reliable.
> In the recent past, maybe after I preupgraded from F15-F16 recently, I
> found that switching from the Fedora machine to a different computer
> would result in a totally non-responsive mouse and keyboard when I went
> back to the Fedora machine, even if I'm only off for a few seconds. This
> delay lasts for around 1-2 minutes. Then, it returns and remains fine
> till I switch computers again. Here's partial readout from
> /var/log/messages as I switch to a different machine, then immediately
> switch back. You can see the disconnect, then the recognition of my MS
> mouse and Keytronic keyboard as I bring the machine into focus again in
> those first few lines - the final two lines are actually followed by
> around 30 or more similar ones in the log and seem to indicate USB
> related timeouts - it's looking and not finding something which I assume
> is causing the long delay - anyone got an idea of what I can do to fix
> this?
>
> Dec 16 15:19:32 fedoraleesburg acpid: input device has been disconnected
> Dec 16 15:19:32 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1525.029260] usb 3-2: USB
> disconnect, device number 3
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.120295] usb 3-1: new low
> speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.286150] usb 3-1: New USB
> device found, idVendor=03f9, idProduct=0100
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.286157] usb 3-1: New USB
> device strings: Mfr=4, Product=26, SerialNumber=0
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.286162] usb 3-1: Product:
> Keytronic USB Keyboard
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.286165] usb 3-1:
> Manufacturer: Key Tronic
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.371292] input: Key Tronic
> Keytronic USB Keyboard as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input4
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.371749] generic-usb
> 0003:03F9:0100.0003: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Key Tronic
> Keytronic USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1/input0
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.472946] usb 3-2: new low
> speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.643804] usb 3-2: New USB
> device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0039
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.643807] usb 3-2: New USB
> device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=0
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.643809] usb 3-2: Product:
> Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)
> Dec 16 15:19:36 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.643811] usb 3-2:
> Manufacturer: Microsoft
> Dec 16 15:19:37 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.661912] input: Microsoft
> Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input5
> Dec 16 15:19:37 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.662258] generic-usb
> 0003:045E:0039.0004: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft
> Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2/input0
> Dec 16 15:19:37 fedoraleesburg mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 5:
> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2"
> Dec 16 15:19:37 fedoraleesburg mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 4:
> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1"
> Dec 16 15:19:37 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1529.904524] usb 6-1: new full
> speed USB device number 6 using uhci_hcd
> Dec 16 15:19:52 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1544.997029] usb 6-1: device
> descriptor read/64, error -110
> Dec 16 15:20:07 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1560.188373] usb 6-1: device
> descriptor read/64, error -110
> Dec 16 15:20:07 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1560.391234] usb 6-1: new full
> speed USB device number 7 using uhci_hcd
> Dec 16 15:20:22 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1575.481735] usb 6-1: device
> descriptor read/64, error -110
> Dec 16 15:20:37 fedoraleesburg udevd[638]: timeout 'mtp-probe
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1 3 4'
> Dec 16 15:20:38 fedoraleesburg udevd[1688]: timeout 'mtp-probe
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2 3 5'
> Dec 16 15:20:38 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1590.673120] usb 6-1: device
> descriptor read/64, error -110
> Dec 16 15:20:38 fedoraleesburg kernel: [ 1590.875861] usb 6-1: new full
> speed USB device number 8 using uhci_hcd
> Dec 16 15:20:38 fedoraleesburg udevd[638]: timeout: killing 'mtp-probe
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1 3 4' [2988]
> Dec 16 15:20:39 fedoraleesburg udevd[1688]: timeout: killing 'mtp-probe
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2 3 5' [2989]


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Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA