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Re: debian/lenny: keyboard doesn't work after software upgrade



I have reordered your post to be in chronological order, suggestion below.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Michael Yang
> <michael.yxf@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> I have a Debian/Lenny 2.6.24 installed on my laptop (D630). I did a
>> software upgrade just now (apt-get upgrade) and the keyboard doesn't
>> work after that.
>>
>> I rebooted the system and now I have to type the letter twice to enter
>> one letter, for example typing two 'a' for entering one 'a'.
>>
>> Anyone has idea of which package's upgrade caused this problem?
>>
>> Thanks so much.
>> Michael

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:22:11 -0400, Michael Yang wrote:

> The problem is resolved by downgrading xkb-data from 1.5-2 to 1.3-2.
> 
> Thanks.

Is there a specific reason you're using a 2.6.24 kernel with Lenny? My
Dell works fine with 2.6.26.

The version of xkb-data in Lenny is 1.3-2 so you may want to inspect your
sources.list, your "upgrades" might be doing something of which you are
not aware.


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