Problem:
my Qubes workstation after a random period of time will stop accepting mouse clicks. This occurs after using the keyboard or mouse to wake the computer/monitor from sleep (works), xscreensaver asks me to unlock with my password (works) but then once unlocked, the mouse pointer moves but I can’t click anything regardless of appvm, including changing focus, right click on desktop, menu etc. Nor does the keyboard input work, caps lock and numlock keys light the corresponding LED, and I’m able to press a key to get the screen to wake up, but alt tab, does not work. The only key combos that work at all are Ctrl + Alt + F7, F1. At this point the only thing I can do is to power off and reboot, after which everything is normal until the next time the problem occurs.
Config:
- Qubes R4.2.2
- Sys-usb disposable (so, no logs I can refer to after the crash)
- keyboard + mouse are usb obviously
- kernel 6.6.36-1 dom0
- kernel 6.6.36-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64 (sys-usb)
- everything up to date with
As I can’t replicate the problem on demand, I’m testing with qubes.skip_autostart and no sys-usb to see if the problem persists in order to eliminate sys-usb as the issue. If that doesn’t change anything I’ll start rolling back updates on the dvm template and dom0 till I figure out what caused it.
Question:
Has anyone else encountered this, got a fix? I’ve not had much luck searching as most people’s sys-usb issues are config related. Any ideas how else I can get additional info on what’s happening would be EXTREMELY useful. My working theory right now is that sys-usb disk and logs fill, but I can’t prove that yet.
ty!