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dakra137
August 10th, 2010, 06:03 PM
My Environment: Lucid Lynx on HP DV7T
Occasionally, the desktop stops accepting keyboard input. The mouse still works.

Circumvention Incantation:
Press <alt><ctrl><F6> to get to a character mode console.
Press <alt><ctrl><F7> to get back to the graphical desktop.

There is nothing special about F6. F1..F5 work just as well.

Note to Gurus: If this is due to a bug, or if there is a fix, please post a pointer.

David Kra