mouse and keyboard lockup w/ RedHat 8.0

[Larry Cook]

Bayard R. Coolidge wrote:
> 1.) Logs: do either a 'dmesg | more' or use your favorite text editor in 
> read-only mode on /var/log/messages.

I don't see any indications of a problem.

> 2.) ... adjust /etc/inittab to come up to just level 3 and not 5.

Done.

> 3.) ... what kernel you're running, and what options were set, plus we need
> to know what type (maker/model) of scanner you have, etc.

Kernel is 1.4.18-14, the one that installed with RH 8.0.  I haven't changed
it.  I've disconnected my parallel port UMAX 1220P scanner to see if that
makes any difference, although this last time it had never been powered on.

> 4.) Do an 'lsmod' to see what modules are loaded, and if they make sense, 
> do an 'lspci' to make sure that that bus is OK (even though you're using 
> USB), run 'usbview' and make sure that your other USB stuff is being seen 
> OK, make sure you have the right USB drivers involved - don't use the Intel
>  one on the NEC hardware and vice-versa.

I'm still a newbie and haven't even ventured into kernel land yet, so if 
anyone sees a problem with the following, please let me know.

lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
ide-scsi               10512   0  (autoclean)
sr_mod                 18136   0  (autoclean)
scsi_mod              107176   2  (autoclean) [ide-scsi sr_mod]
ide-cd                 33608   0  (autoclean)
cdrom                  33696   0  (autoclean) [sr_mod ide-cd]
via82cxxx_audio        23480   0  (autoclean)
uart401                 8420   0  (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio]
ac97_codec             13384   0  (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio]
sound                  74388   0  (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore               6532   4  (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio sound]
r128                   93176   1
agpgart                43072   3
autofs                 13348   0  (autoclean) (unused)
tulip                  43552   1
iptable_filter          2412   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables              14936   1  [iptable_filter]
mousedev                5524   1
keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
hid                    22244   0  (unused)
input                   5888   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-uhci               26188   0  (unused)
usbcore                77024   1  [hid usb-uhci]
ext3                   70368   1
jbd                    52212   1  [ext3]

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x]
(rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE
(rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 16)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97
Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100
model NC100 (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 SM/4x AGP 4x

usbview: Not found.

At this point, I think I'll just wait for the lockup to happen again, and then 
  I'll restart XFree86 to see if it recovers.

Thanks,
Larry