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Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup

From David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Debian 9 Xfce intermittent keyboard and mouse erratic behavior or lockup
Date 2022-04-20 10:30 +0200
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On 4/20/22 12:43 AM, David Christensen wrote:
> debian-user:
> 
> I have an SSD with Debian:
> 
> 2022-04-19 23:24:11 dpchrist@tinkywinky ~
> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
> 9.13
> Linux tinkywinky 4.9.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.303-1 (2022-03-07) 
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> I have been experiencing intermittent storms of random keyboard and 
> mouse GUI events over the past year or more:
> 
> a.  Windows are opened, closed, minimized, resized, etc..
> 
> b.  Windows and/or desktop pop-up menus are opened, and random items are 
> activated.
> 
> c.  Text that I have previously typed is pasted into random windows.
> 
> d.  Sometimes the mouse is left in a desktop rectangular selection mode 
> (?).
> 
> 
> The storms are triggered when I move the mouse in an active window.  A 
> storm consists of dozens of individual random GUI events per second. The 
> storms typically end when I stop moving the mouse.  The next time I move 
> the mouse, another storm may start or may not.  I typically reboot if 
> there is more than one storm.  Firefox (on heavy JavaScript sites) and 
> FreeCiv are applications that are likely to trigger storms.
> 
> 
> Alternatively, instead of a GUI random event storm, the keyboard and 
> mouse lock up.  Disconnecting and reconnecting the keyboard and mouse 
> has no effect; the only cure is to reboot.
> 
> 
> I have tried various measures to isolate the problem, to no avail:
> 
> 1.  Power cycling and/or bypassing the KVM switch.
> 
> 2.  Moving the OS disk into another machine with different hardware.
> 
> 3.  Installing Debian 10 on another SSD and testing.  Same for Debian 11.
> 
> 
> Is anyone else seeing these GUI event storms?
> 
> 
> I was enjoying a game of FreeCiv this evening on a desktop computer with 
> the KVM switch connected, and a storm occurred.  I shut down, connected 
> the keyboard and mouse directly to the computer, and resumed my game. 
> Perhaps an hour later, the keyboard and mouse locked up.
> 
> 
> If I login from another machine via SSH, disconnect the keyboard, count 
> to 10, and reconnect the keyboard:
> 
> 2022-04-20 00:22:52 root@tinkywinky /var/log
> # tail -n 17 messages
> Apr 20 00:21:40 tinkywinky kernel: [18629.457897] usb 3-1.5: USB 
> disconnect, device number 9
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.176348] usb 3-1.5: new 
> low-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.314951] usb 3-1.5: New USB 
> device found, idVendor=04d9, idProduct=a0b9
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.314957] usb 3-1.5: New USB 
> device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.314961] usb 3-1.5: Product: ES-87
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.314963] usb 3-1.5: 
> Manufacturer: Keyed Up Labs
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.329387] input: Keyed Up Labs 
> ES-87 as 
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.5/3-1.5:1.0/0003:04D9:A0B9.000C/input/input23 
> 
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.388751] hid-generic 
> 0003:04D9:A0B9.000C: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Keyed Up 
> Labs ES-87] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.5/input0
> Apr 20 00:21:50 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.408155] input: Keyed Up Labs 
> ES-87 as 
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.5/3-1.5:1.1/0003:04D9:A0B9.000D/input/input24 
> 
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky kernel: [18640.464649] hid-generic 
> 0003:04D9:A0B9.000D: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [Keyed Up Labs 
> ES-87] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.5/input1
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 11: 
> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.5"
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 11 was not an MTP 
> device
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported USB device type "usb".
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported input device type "/dev/input/event1".
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported input device type "(null)".
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported USB device type "usbhid".
> Apr 20 00:21:51 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported USB device type "usbhid".
> 
> 
> If I cycle the mouse:
> 
> 2022-04-20 00:24:36 root@tinkywinky /var/log
> # tail -n 13 messages
> Apr 20 00:24:00 tinkywinky kernel: [18769.493620] usb 3-1.6: USB 
> disconnect, device number 10
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.515065] usb 3-1.6: new 
> low-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.645247] usb 3-1.6: New USB 
> device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0040
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.645253] usb 3-1.6: New USB 
> device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.645257] usb 3-1.6: Product: 
> Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical®
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.645260] usb 3-1.6: 
> Manufacturer: Microsoft
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 12: 
> "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.6"
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.655370] input: Microsoft 
> Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical® as 
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.6/3-1.6:1.0/0003:045E:0040.000E/input/input25 
> 
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky kernel: [18782.655660] hid-generic 
> 0003:045E:0040.000E: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Microsoft 
> Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical®] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.6/input0
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 12 was not an MTP 
> device
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported USB device type "usb".
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported USB device type "usbhid".
> Apr 20 00:24:13 tinkywinky org.xfce.FileManager[1155]: thunar-volman: 
> Unsupported input device type "/dev/input/event2".
> 
> 
> Any ideas for where to look for clues?
> 
> 
> I can leave the machine running for a while, if anyone has suggestions 
> for commands to try.


Some more troubleshooting clues:

1.  I have previously run Windows 7 on the same computers and have not 
seen the same keyboard and mouse problems.

2.  When I connect the keyboard and mouse to a MacBook Pro, the mouse 
works correctly and the keyboard works (differently; it's an Apple).


David

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