No kyb/mouse hang - Re: F16 on Lenovo x120e - cannot resume out of suspend mode

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 10/14/2012 05:15 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> On 10/14/2012 05:10 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> On 10/14/2012 04:30 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>>> On 10/14/2012 01:01 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> It is the ONLY user account on this system.  Well other than root.
>>>
>>> So, add another account and see if it's affected the same way. 
>>> That'll tell you whether the problem is somewhere in the system or 
>>> in your user profile.
>>>
>>> If the new user account is affected, start looking in /var/log. Look 
>>> at the messages file to determine when the system last booted before 
>>> the problem began.  Then look at yum's log to see what patches were 
>>> applied recently.
>>
>> Let's see.  On Oct 2 I did a large update then rebooted.  Sep 23 was 
>> the prior update.
>>
>> Then on Oct 7 I installed Kismet to try and figure out my son's appt 
>> wireless mess.  Was not successful, and just switched to wired.  But 
>> Kismet is on the system still and the problems started shortly after 
>> the install (on the 9th).
>>
>> So how can I tell if Kismet server is running?  I suppose unistalling 
>> it might be wise.
> Just my "two cents"?.....make sure there are no "dependencies" that 
> are attached to Kismet before you un-install it. I had a nightmare 
> situation where I had installed something (can't remember now....it 
> was between F12 & F14....I think!) and when I did the uninstall, and 
> that little window popped open telling me that there were dependencies 
> that would "go" along with the app I was ditching, I didn't notice 
> that there were some things on that list that I NEEDED.......long 
> story short....By F15 I was installing from scratch, because I was a 
> little too "quick" with the click-finger!

Been burned by that too.  And as more in XP than Linux.  The Kismet 
plugins were installed as a dependency, so I will specifically uninstall 
both.