I am also having this problem with Feisty 7.04. My system totally locks up the mouse and keyboard when importing to or closing F-Spot. I think it may be hardware related because I have the issue even when running the live CD on one of my computers but a second computer runs the same live CD just fine. Here are the specs of the motherboard from the affected computer. My guess is the UniChrome graphics. Previous versions of Ubuntu and F-Spot were fine. Other applications in 7.04 work fine.
1-2 Specification
Spec Description ∗ Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.4x22.0cm
Design ∗ VIA KM400 Memory Graphic Host Chipset (V4MDM/V4MDM)
Chipset ∗ VIA KM266Pro Memory Graphic Host Chipset (for V2MDMP) ∗ VIA VT8235 South Bridge ∗ Support 200/266/333MHz (100/133/166MHz) Front Side Bus
Clock Generator Clock (CPU Bus clock) ∗ Support DDR200/266/333 system memory clock ∗ Support 33MHz PCI Bus clock ∗ Support AMD Athlon 600MHz∼1.4GHz processor
CPU Socket ∗ Support AMD Athlon XP 1500+~3000+ processor ∗ Support AMD Duron 600MHz~1.3GHz processor ∗ Support 200/266/333MHz (100/133/166 MHz) CPU Bus clock ∗ Reserves support for future AMD Athlon/Duron processors ∗ 184-pin DDR DIMM socket x2 support
Memory Socket DDR200/DDR266/DDR333 SDRAM ∗ Expandable to 2GB ∗ AGP slot x1 support AGP 3.0 & 8X mode (V4MDMP/V4MDM)
Expansion Slot ∗ AGP slot x1 support AGP 2.0 & 4X mode (V2MDMP) ∗ 32-bit PCI slot x3 ∗ UniChrome graphic acceleration
Integrate VGA ∗ VGA Memory share 16MB∼64MB from system memory ∗ 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 250MHz pixel rate ∗ Resolution up to 1920x1440 ∗ Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA
Integrate IDE PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s ∗ VIA VT6103 LAN PHY support 10/100Mbps full duplex, half
On board LAN duplex operation
(V4MDM not support) ∗ AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated
Audio ∗ AC’97 Audio CODEC on board ∗ Audio driver and utility included ∗ Award 2MB Flash ROM
BIOS ∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
Multi I/O ∗ Parallel port x1 ∗ Serial port x2 (connector x1, Header x1) ∗ USB2.0 connector x2, USB2.0 headers x4 (cable option) ∗ Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC & Game Port)
I am also having this problem with Feisty 7.04. My system totally locks up the mouse and keyboard when importing to or closing F-Spot. I think it may be hardware related because I have the issue even when running the live CD on one of my computers but a second computer runs the same live CD just fine. Here are the specs of the motherboard from the affected computer. My guess is the UniChrome graphics. Previous versions of Ubuntu and F-Spot were fine. Other applications in 7.04 work fine.
1-2 Specification
∗ Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.4x22.0cm
∗ VIA KM400 Memory Graphic Host Chipset (V4MDM/V4MDM)
∗ VIA KM266Pro Memory Graphic Host Chipset (for V2MDMP)
∗ VIA VT8235 South Bridge
∗ Support 200/266/333MHz (100/133/166MHz) Front Side Bus
Clock (CPU Bus clock)
∗ Support DDR200/266/333 system memory clock
∗ Support 33MHz PCI Bus clock
∗ Support AMD Athlon 600MHz∼1.4GHz processor
∗ Support AMD Athlon XP 1500+~3000+ processor
∗ Support AMD Duron 600MHz~1.3GHz processor
∗ Support 200/266/333MHz (100/133/166 MHz) CPU Bus clock
∗ Reserves support for future AMD Athlon/Duron processors
∗ 184-pin DDR DIMM socket x2 support
DDR200/ DDR266/ DDR333 SDRAM
∗ Expandable to 2GB
∗ AGP slot x1 support AGP 3.0 & 8X mode (V4MDMP/V4MDM)
∗ AGP slot x1 support AGP 2.0 & 4X mode (V2MDMP)
∗ 32-bit PCI slot x3
∗ UniChrome graphic acceleration
∗ VGA Memory share 16MB∼64MB from system memory
∗ 24-bit true-color RAMDAC up to 250MHz pixel rate
∗ Resolution up to 1920x1440
∗ Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA
PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 66/100/133 functions that deliver
the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s
∗ VIA VT6103 LAN PHY support 10/100Mbps full duplex, half
duplex operation
∗ AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated
∗ AC’97 Audio CODEC on board
∗ Audio driver and utility included
∗ Award 2MB Flash ROM
∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗ Parallel port x1
∗ Serial port x2 (connector x1, Header x1)
∗ USB2.0 connector x2, USB2.0 headers x4 (cable option)
∗ Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC & Game Port)
Spec Description
Design
Chipset
Clock Generator
CPU Socket
Memory Socket
Expansion Slot
Integrate VGA
Integrate IDE
On board LAN
(V4MDM not support)
Audio
BIOS
Multi I/O