Re: Lost keyboard suddenly
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 07:29:40PM -0800, Jerry Turba wrote:
> have been using a custom built kernel 2.6.8. After I did the
> upgrade/dist upgrade (unstable) I can no longer use the keyboard to
> login in (GUI). It is not the lack of echo because the enter key doesn't
> work, nor does ALT +E (restart X), nor Alt + N (console log in). If I
> click on console login I can use the keyboard to log in at the terminal.
> The keyboard also works if I boot with the 2.4.18 kernel. Any advice
> appreciated to solve this problem. Thanks
> Jerry
I found a description of a similar problem on debian-sparc, apparently "apt-get
install xlibs" may help, although I don't see why. If this does fix the
problem you may want to report this as a bug (if it hasn't been already).
Good luck!
Sam
Ref:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/05/msg00244.html
> > I'm not sure if this is related, but I just installed Debian Woody on my
> > Ultra1. I've since did a "apt-get dist-upgrade" and everything seems to
> > work, except for the keyboard in X. The Sun keyboard works fine on the
> > console, but as soon as I startx, the keyboard stops working. I've
> > searched on google for some XF86Config files, and my XF86Config file
> > looks similar to those posted. Has any one run into this issue before
> > as well? Thanks for any tips.
> >
>
> I found the solution to this problem... "apt-get install xlibs".
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