[ILUG] Losing keyboard focus after an hour!

[Stephen Brooks]

John Kinsella wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu HH fully updated at work and at home.
>
> On a lightly loaded machine at home recently (XEmacs, Firefox, xpdf &
> a few Gnome terminals) after about an hour of typing & LaTeX-ing I
> lose keyboard focus (not sure if this is right term?). No keyboard
> input possible though mouse still works.
>
> I turned off screensaver in case that was problem.
>
> The problem recurs about once an hour (but not exactly).
>
> Only other thing I can think of is the Update Notifier.
>
> I've googled without success.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
Is it a usb keyboard?  If so does reconnecting it bring it back?


Steve