keyboard and mouse problem

[Lowell Gilbert]

Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren at yahoo.com> writes:

> I have a freeBSD 8.2 amd64 on my system and I'm using
> gnome environment. But after a few seconds my USB keyboard and  PS/2
> mouse hang up !!!
>
> What should I do ?

Are you still able to switch to other virtual terminals?
Are you still able to ssh in to the system and see whether the console
mouse and keyboard are generating interrupts?