USB problem maybe solved

[johnridley]

Remember I was having major USB problems earlier? I think they're all OS problems, and I think they only happen sometimes when I come back from Hibernate. I've been using Hibernate quite a bit lately and it's not unusual for me to be running a session that's been hibernated dozens of times from a reboot weeks ago.

Both times I've had significant problems with USB (had some last night) a reboot cleared them up. I swear I tried that when I first noticed these issues, but it may have just hibernated again. Hopefully that's the end of it.

I may be mistaken, but I've found some support online for the notion that several OSs, not just Windows, have trouble properly re-initializing the USB systems after coming back from hibernation.

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[madtechie2718.livejournal.com]

Yes, that conclusion would explain a couple of laptop issues I see too - on both WinXP and Ubuntu, the USB ports fail after a few hibernates.

But only sometimes...

On one laptop, the keyboard occasionally ends up in a funny numlock/shiftlock mode after hibernates wherein I have to cycle both modes *in the right order* to regain proper function. The keyboard is listed internally as a USB device.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

I think it's somewhat random.

BTW I haven't answered your meeting up in FL query because honestly I don't know for sure what we're doing. All I know is when we arrive and when we leave. The best we may be able to do is to have each other's phone numbers.