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Bug#200170: xserver-xfree86: Keyboard doesn't work randomly



tag 200170 + upstream moreinfo
retitle 200170 xserver-xfree86: keyboard occasionally ignored
thanks

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 10:47:28PM +0200, César Martínez Izquierdo wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.2.1-9
> Severity: normal

[ I think you meant "keyboard randomly doesn't work" -- with the modifier
placed as you had it, your bug's subject appeared to be complaining that
the keyboard didn't operate in a random fashion, e.g., every time you
pressed the "A" key a different keyboard event was generated.

Most people want their keyboards to work deterministically.  :) ]

> Hello, I'm using sid and sometimes the keyboard doen't work when X start
> (you press any key but nothing ocurrs). It's solved if I restart the X
> server.
> 
> That is, normally X work fine, but rarely, when I start the X server,
> keyboard doesn't work at all. If I restart the X server (using the
> mouse), keyboard works again.

Hmm.  Are you using a display manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, wdm) or startx?
Or do you use both?  Does the problem appear to be limited to X server
instantiations started by xinit (startx) or by display managers?

> Sometime ago I also installed sid and keyboard didn't work every time I
> started the X server for first time. If I restarted the server it worked
> fine.

Hmm.  Starting the X server for the first time when you're using a
display manager is also known as "the first generation".  When a display
manager is used, the X server re-sets without completely shutting down
as it does when you kill it from startx.

> But this is another clean installation.
> 
> I also have woody installed in the same computer and I have never had
> this problem in woody.

Can you try to get two different XFree86.0.log files?

1) when the keyboard doesn't work
2) when it does

...and then mail this bug report a "diff -u" of the two files?

Be sure to tell me which one is the one with the working keyboard.

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