keyboard does not work under X,but mouse works...??

[anand_12 <anand_12@tenet.res.in>]

Hi all 

I am using a Debian system(2.4.20 kernel),P4 1.8 GHz 
256 MB RAM/40 GB HDD and standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse. 
My machine is shared by several users though I retain the root access. 

Normally I don't shut down my machine.I just log off. 
Today when I tried logging in,the screen was blanking out for every key press.So the login was unsuccessful. 

None of the keys were working.I could not open even other tty's ...i rebooted the machine..the problem persisted... 
then i logged into my machine remotely...and issued a kill on X server...this gave the prompt on the screen..here all commands i typed worked perfectly fine..i have not lost any contents..i checked all my files..everything is fine...it is just none of my key presses are detected properly when i am inside x..otherwise..i am able to edit,compile and run programs... 

one more thing..when i issue a startx command,i get the default display with all menus and contents(i use kde2)..also i am able to browse the contents of machine using the mouse(single click,right click etc)..but every key pressed on the keyboard blanks the screen..i don't understand whats going on... 

my gdm.conf file says the server is attached to the standard VT7 terminal... 

can anyone help me with this? 

thanks a bunch for any help in this regard. 

V.Anand 
(www.tenet.res.in) 






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