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Re: Help! Lost keyboard.



On (12/10/04 08:36), Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> From: Michael Satterwhite <michael@weblore.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:36:37 -0500
> Subject: Help! Lost keyboard.
> 
> I'm running Sid. Everything was working fine. I did *NOT* run any apt command 
> or (knowingly) make any changes - other than a sound level change in kmix. 
> Regardless, things were working perfectly up to the point of a reboot.
> 
> I'm using KDE / KDM. I rebooted my system to Windows for a test, then booted 
> back to Linux. When the system comes up, KDM does not accept any input from 
> the keyboard. The keyboard is working fine; I went to a console session 
> (available from the mouse - which is working fine) and was able to type 
> without a problem. Without a keyboard, I'm dead in the water. Can anyone 
> offer any help?
In a console, as root:

dpkg-reconfigure kdm

If that doesn't do it try:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Regards

Clive



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