Xfce Keyboard Not Working After Suspend Boris Hollas I noticed that my keyboard repeat and delay settings are sometimes reset to default values if I suspend my laptop, put it back in the dock und The Xfce4 desktop is not responding all of a sudden. 16 running in Slackware 15. "tile left" on the other hand, keeps working as expected (configured to CTRL+ALT+left). How to fix not wake up after suspend on PC (Linux Mint xfce) # linux # mint I understand that you find the suspend feature very useful for I am running ubuntu studio 14. 4 Patito Feo, but the XFCE power manager has recently (like four days ago) started behaving strangely. Ubuntu Version: Xubuntu 24. 4. On my desktop computer (recently changed to Xubuntu and kept up-to-date), the keyboard and mouse stop working apparently only after resuming from suspend and a delay of several minutes. Xfce is a fast and lightweight open source desktop environment for unix-like systems like Linux and BSD. I have a similar choice on a older XFCE system (xfce4-about -v says 4. Recently, shortly after I start it up, the mouse cursor disappears and it stops responding to keyboard input. 10 with xfce4 replacing Unity. When I suspend it, most of the times it wakes properly and everything works ok. SOMEBODY needs to Resume after suspend about 80% of the time the keyboard doesn't work. The system is up-to-date and like this: After locking and closing the lid of my laptop, or even just closing the lid without locking, the laptop suspends as expected. 6 which are; Suspend Problem: Clicking suspend button, my notebook properly I'm using the linux-generic-hwe-20. 04. - I have a Toshiba Satellite S55-A5154 with 14. When I re-open, it doesn't ask for my password and xfce is frozen (I can move the mouse but that's it). I can go Not much there. However, when I'm have installed Devuan Daedalus in my friend's computer. Every time after waking from suspend on my Lenovo ThinkPad laptop I would enter my password to unlock the session – but then the keyboard would not work (no input would go into After updating my system, a reboot into XFCE causes my laptop's touchpad and keyboard to be completely unresponsive. However, the "Suspend" is not working properly. When I wake it up from Suspend mode, the keyboard stops working, but the touchpad mouse still works. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. Installed I have a VirtualBox VM running xubuntu. This happens on a Framework16 with LinuxMint 21. CAPS LOCK does not turn on the indicator, After i suspend my computer and log again, there's no way how to change the keyboard layout. This is happening every day. 04 The issue is actually Every time after waking from suspend on my Lenovo ThinkPad laptop I would enter my password to unlock the session – but then the keyboard would not work (no input would go into After suspend I could not log back in because the keys typed the wrong characters. 3 Cinnamon, with task-xfce Hardware: Thinkpad T410 OS: Linux Mint 20 XFCE 4. I noticed Help! My Dell Latitude 3340 laptop running Ubuntu has a problem. After a logout/login, the problem is back, and I can't launch an xterm from Thunar. 14 which not occurs with XFCE 0 I have installed the new Debian-11 (with XFCE) on a desktop and it is otherwise working very well. But Xfce Power Manager doesn't put the computer to Every time it resumes from being suspended, neither the keyboard nor touchpad work for a few seconds. I own a laptop with Mint 20 Cinnamon installed and, sometimes, the I installed the xfce4 desktop environment successfully but then everytime i run it, my keyboard stops responding. 12. pidof xfce4-panel follwed by kill PID) did not work; I was not able to restart the panel from inside the X server. Currently I have to use the virtual keyboard to put in my password and then After launching, the keyboard and mouse work great in GDM, but immediately after launching xfce, I am left without the ability to any input. Solution to mouse freezing after sleep in Ubuntu 14. At first they worked OK, but then they stopped working (even the preddefined I've set my system to suspend when I close the laptop lid but it doesn't work. This has happened to me a couple of In this quick post, we shall see how to fix this issue of mouse freeze after suspend in Ubuntu 14. Update I can fix the executing 'xfce4-session-logout --suspend' the machine will be suspended - OK, but after resuming with the power switch (could be achieved by keyboard/mouse?) the login dialog asks I'm using xfce and after a recent upgrade the "shutdown", "restart", "suspend" and "hibernate" buttons are greyed out (i. Firmware commands like power and I am running Ubuntu 15. 04 and 14. Nothing happens When I resume after doing this, my keyboard works fine, and I can then type `chvt 1` to get back to my Sway session, where both keyboard and mouse work normally. 04 installed. Every time it resumes from being suspended, neither the keyboard nor mouse work. 04 (problem persists since 16. If I used an external keyboard or an onscreen keyboard I could type normally but only a reboot would If I do systemctl suspend, my laptop power lamp flashes and I have to press the power key to come back to Xfce4. After I got suspend/resume working thanks to the help here, I have still another little problem with it: After suspend/resume the keyboard layout configuration in the corresponding xfce Things that do work properly: - xscreensaver-command --lock - Suspending from the keyboard (Fn key combo) - Suspending from the user menu In the past, the power manager settings This in Xfce 4. What can I do to fix this or provide you My keyboard will not work after suspend (even commands like ctrl + alt + f2), if I close the lid, flip it over, then open the lid, the keyboard will work. Here are things I already tried: The system I use is an Hi everyone! My keyboard doesn't work after suspending. Both displays will activate when first waking up the machine, and I will see the unlock screen, but We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. g. 2. I have tried adding the gnome Just happened in Xfce 4. The keyboard, mouse both are getting stuck. If I invoke suspend manually (keyboard shortcut or power menu), wait until the system suspends, and THEN close the lid, I can successfully resume from suspend. 18, although it's a lot more rare than it used to be, took 51 days of a logged in session to see it today. In some cases, this happens after a Suspend-resume. It's getting through my . 10. However, after reopening the lid, the login screen appears but I I'm using the linux-generic-hwe-20. In Thread setxkbmap-stop-working-randomly. Not a solution to the Running SolydX 2019 ( Debian ), in HP 8560p, i7, 16GB ram and xfce desktop. After suspend the shortcut does not work. Can you post back the full log entry after you have tried a suspend? I'm almost certain it's not a hardware issue with my keyboard, because when my keys work, it works flawlessly, and for a long time (that is, until I suspend or reboot the system). I have also set the system suspend time to the minimum 15 minutes. 04). dumbkbd but the only thing that changed was . The issue I'm having is that the action keys on the keyboard (volume up, down, brightness up, down, etc. However, can ssh into the box and disable the display manager and boot into cli. The key shortcut doesn't work and even the click on the flag on keyboard layout Hi, in xfce4-power-manager-settings I've set my notebook to suspend when the lid is getting closed. Nor can I alt-tab to another In this situation, the keyboard layout is not possible to change with the XFCE configuration settings or the XFCE keyboard layout plugin. Nor can I alt-tab to another Sometimes, in XFCE keyboard input stops working. The workaround also allows for suspend-on-lid-close which, for me, never successfully Xfce4 uses xfce4-session-logout --suspend as suspend command, on my system however, it causes black screen after wake up. But, the system doesn't With the daisy-chained screens, I have an issue sometimes coming out of suspend. 04-edge package to provide Linux kernel 5. Then the touchpad becomes responsive but the keyboard still remains non After that point everything works normally, and I can go back to the login screen (with Alt Ctrl F8), type my password and resume using my computer. My workaround is to then suspend and wake again and it usually then works on the second go. 1 ) connected in a similar fashion but here the buttons are At least for me on xfce, this allows for a suspend after 10-minute idle and true screen blanking after 2 minutes. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months So, ever since I switched to xfce, I have been having some issues with suspending my system. when I go Menu > Log out). >: ( HELP!! EDIT: Found the problem. <SOLVED hopefully> USB keyboard and mouse not working after overnight suspend by firubat » Tue May 10, 2022 8:32 am Recently I have this problem that after an overnight* It appears that for some reason when I suspend my laptop, and then try to wake it up, only the touchpad works and I am unable to type or use the keyboard to login (under GDM). Whenever I suspend my laptop (Sony Vaio vgn-nr260e, 2gb ram, 200gb hdd, previously ran Vista) and wake it, the keyboard will The options suspend and shutdown are greyed out. No any 15K subscribers in the xfce community. ) Also, not sure if relevant and I didn’t try it on this specific boot, but pressing the virtual keyboard button did nothing. 3 xfce. 83711 I suggested to use it, the original poster stated the setting survived systemctl suspend, systemctl hibernate, and the xfce panel options, all work properly. I don't have any Nvidia products anymore, but they also did not cause problems when used them. xsession OK, I am using Ubuntu with xfce and setted there a few keyboard shortcuts (eg for terminal or task manager). 061302-generic Desktop Environment (if applicable): XFCE Problem Description: When I select Suspend from the Log Out When the super key is working, you should see something like "133 Super_L" printed on the screen. Now, after installing Debian 9 with a minimal XFCE, it doesn't work anymore, except on CLI. Currently I have to use the virtual keyboard to put in my password and then If I suspend my Xubuntu 12. My screen gets locked after the allotted time in the Power management preferences. 3 where when resuming my computer from suspend my USB After rebooting the keyboard and the touchpad do work. I also tried adding i8042. excerpted from 2 of the answers in that thread Method #1 - Furthermore, before the keyboard would sometimes work in the login screen (before you start gnome or xfce), when it worked in that screen it also worked in xfce. My system wakes from sleep normally most of the time, but every once in a while, my Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. I can't Microsoft Community 3 Waking from suspend from a USB keyboard stops working on my laptop if I have unplugged and replugged the keyboard while the laptop is in suspend. 1 - can't get desktop back after sleep or suspend or whatever Forum rules Before you post read how to get help. When the laptop wakes from suspend the active window does not accept keyboard input. ) which are located on the As to the mouse and keyboard being nonresponsive, are they connected via USB? If so, check in your computer's BIOS configuration utility or Extensible Firmware Interface (whichever Last, an easy, fast way to quickly do the "killing/suspend" and the "re-enable" of the mouse module is to associate those steps with keyboard shortcuts: How can I change what keys on Killing or restarting the XFCE panel (e. Not sure exactly why, but the keyboard settings I set from the Keyboard section of the XFCE settings panel get reset every time I resume from suspend, or when I restart the OS. Neither does the mouse pointer moves nor does the Keyboard and mouse not working after sleep, laptop stuck in tablet mode Ask Question Asked 3 years, 4 months ago Modified 3 years, 4 months ago The issue is: If I leave the laptop alone and let it go into suspend the keyboard not longer works at all. I believe I have Keyboard stops working after suspend sometimes by mintypinky » Fri Dec 10, 2021 10:27 pm Good evening. I have to shut down it from the login screen. 13, still with 32bit. To be more clear, xfce4-screensaver is shown on For me Xfce suspends very nicely, have not had any problems. Earlier with Debian-10 on I'm on a Ryzen 6000 laptop from Lenovo with xfce. However, if I enable the lock screen (in xfce4-screensaver), then, regardless of if "Enable lock screen That works from command line (although the lock screen is unnecessary since that's automatic with suspend), but not as a keyboard application shortcut (at least with Ubuntu 12. The only way to restore it is to log out With a re-install and a lot of work I found that with Xfce, suspend is borked with Nvidia drivers installed (I tried both 570 and 550) - that is, you can suspend, but you can not wake up. Sometimes it's nearly impossible to distinguish from the panel & windows not Actually, for me worked just enabling Use system defaults and then disabling it again in the xfce4 Settings -> Keyboard (upper left tick box on the screen shot you posted). That is alright. I had found multiple sources (solved) Xfce 22. 8. In either the systemd service or xflock4 (only had one active at a time), the screen locker works perfectly fine when invoking xflock4, the screensaver program, suspending from the Edited After updating my system, a reboot into XFCE causes my laptop's touchpad and keyboard to be completely unresponsive. e. 13. Plugging in an external mouse causes the mouse to light Whenever I suspend my laptop (Sony Vaio vgn-nr260e, 2gb ram, 200gb hdd, previously ran Vista) and wake it, the keyboard will work fine for typing in my password, but will be The issue is: If I leave the laptop alone and let it go into suspend the keyboard not longer works at all. 04) Sony VAIO laptop if I close the lid, wait till the yellow led to blink and then turn the laptop on again, awakes everything but keyboard, Asus UX303 laptop running LM19. Does the key register anything (in xorg) after suspend when it doesn't bring up the Hi All, No keyboard or mouse at the display manager gui display. The only Before I formatted my notebook, the onboard keyboard worked perfectly on Debian 8 with Gnome 3. Unfortunately my keyboard layout is lost after I open the lid and wakeup my Hi Slackers; I have problem with suspend and hibernate function on Xfce 4. If closing the lid, my laptopscreen is black and after opening the lid I As a work around, I can unselect the power manager settings item to lock screen on suspend, which then lets me suspend ("systemctl suspend" also suspends since it's bypassing the On my Ubuntu 20. Plugging in an external mouse causes the mouse to I am running a fairly new install of MX 19. It is a HP laptop with AMD RYZEN 3 and Radeon Graphics. After googling, I found this suggestion to edit /etc/default/grub with this GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash Indeed, if my screen is not already locked (I have it set to auto lock after 10 minutes, so that is why it was always locked during my tests) when Power Manager tries to suspend, it works. After USB Keyboard Stops Working After Suspend by kenn213 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:42 am I'm having an issue in Mint 19. Any help on how i can fix this? Last edited by rhomheow (2017-05-11 25 I found these methods on Ubuntu Forums in a thread titled: Thread: How do I lock the screen in XFCE?. 10, and then take my computer off the suspension, it doesn't request any password. 2 LTS, kernel 6. 0-48 Problem: I experience a SUSPEND issue with XFCE 4. How do you hibernate, do Although everything was working perfectly well, keyboard shortcuts like Alt+F4, Alt+TAB, etc. Problem started only recently After a boot or reboot, or after logging Arch newbie - keyboard stopped working after suspend Hello community, I'm stucked in an impossible situation : I recently installed a fresh archlinux on my laptop, was working great. Its then possible to then run startx into Hi everyone, Suspending the computer works fine if I manually press Whisker Menu 's Suspend key, or if I run systemctl suspend. I suspect that the problem has to Had Manjaro XFCE 0. It was the cursor theme I was working on. It is 1 Like Keyboard not working after sleep, and some Bluetooth problems Unable to log back into GNOME after the screen locks due to inactivity (Fedora 42, Wayland) tqcharm (Mike B. 0. 11 running and never problems with suspend mode, but problems with other programs forced me to make an new install to 0. Occasionally, and all of a sudden, my Xfce desktop refuses to process mouse and keyboard events. I'm on Linux, specifically Try the keyboard layout setting from a Xorg configuration file. 14 System up to date, kernel 5. have suddenly stopped working in my Xubuntu 14/Xfce4 installation. 04 (xfce) and sometimes my keyboard just stops working, this includes the ability to bring up the log out menu with the start button. As expected, all the function keys don't work. Everything works and keep working while the laptop is on.