Hello Felmon,
I had something very similar on my desktop PC running Debian-6.0.7 To be candid I messed up something myself... But discovered, that unplugging wireless keyboard and mouse solves problem temporarily. It looks that _hotplug _facility_ is not working... You're lucky having console access, Hi!
Merry Christmas and Happy New 2014 Year!
Best regards. Tom - sp2lob