keyboard doesn't work under X, but works fine in console
spent like 4 hours banging my head against this today.
this happened today after i accidentally unplugged my mouse during an X
session. i have done this many times, and my mouse is dead until i pop
into a virtual terminal (C-A-F1) then back. except today i did it and my
mouse *and* keyboard stopped working.
nothing worked (inc. C-A-Bkspc and C-A-Del), so i assumed i had some
kind of hard kernel lock and rebooted. keyboard still doesn't respond at
all in X, still works fine in console.
i did a dist-upgrade. i removed and purged all X configs and
reinstalled. i unplugged my mouse and removed all references to it in
xorg.conf. i've tried two different keyboards, which both work fine on
console. i've googled and groups.googled, which suggests some things
that don't help me.
thoughts on what to look for next?
output from dpkg -l and my xorg.conf are below.
thanks,
tyler
ii xkb-data 0.8-15 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration dat
ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries metapackage
ii xlibs-data 7.1.0-1 transitional package for X11 client data
ii xlibs-dev 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System client library development f
ii xlibs-static-dev 7.1.0-1 transitional metapackage
rc xserver-common 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 files and utilities common to all X servers
ii xserver-xorg 7.1.0-1 the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 1.1.1-9 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.7.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 7.1.0-1 the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.2-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-chips 1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-cyrix 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-dummy 0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 0.3.0-3 X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-glint 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i740 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- i740 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.6.5-3 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-imstt 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1.4.1.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-newport 0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-nsc 2.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- NSC display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- NV display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-rendition 4.1.0.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 0.4.1-3 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3virge 1.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-savage 2.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 0.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 0.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1.2.1-4 X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tga 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-trident 1.2.1-3 X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-tseng 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.2.1-3 X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 4.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-via 0.2.1-4 X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 10.13.0-3 X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "crappy video card"
Driver "i810"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "sceptre"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "crappy video card"
Monitor "sceptre"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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