Hello > Hi Ben, the keyboard on a second xserver "works for me" [tm]. I'm using > the X11R7.1 xserver and keyboard driver. They're currently in > experimental so you could try them from there if you like, otherwise > they'll be uploaded to unstable and to testing (etch) soon. If they > don't fix your second keyboard then we'll have to dig deeper. Ok, I did the update today. The behaviour has changed a little, but not really for the better. Instead of switching the screen modes, keyboard key events are totally ignored now. Except I've found the Alt and Win key to be working. Ctrl+Alt+Fn are not working, but Ctrl+Alt+Backspace is. I have problems finding a definite pattern when I have and when I don't have a keyboard, but I believe since the latest update it works only, when launching into KDM directly from bootup. From KDM I can launch my WM and everything works fine, I can close my WM and launch another one still OK, I can even switch session (which means that KDM starts another Xserver) and can work on both sessions, everything seems to work fine as long as it is done from the initial KDM. However, when I restart kdm, the keyboard is lost. I also do not have a keyboard, if I boot into console and start my windowmanager manually (using startx) or if I simply start X without any option. I also don't have a keyboard when I boot into console and launch kdm by hand afterwards. I have just tested with xdm, which leads to the same behaviour. My keyboard configuration is as follows: Section "InputDevice" Driver "kbd" Identifier "Keyboard0" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" EndSection Keyboard is a Microsoft Natural Pro connected via PS2. ~> dpkg -l "*xorg*" "xlibs*" |grep ii ii xorg 7.1.0~1 X.Org X Window System ii xserver-xorg 7.1.0~1 the X.Org X server ii xserver-xorg-core 1.1.1-5 X.Org X server -- core server ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- evdev input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.1.0-1 X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1.1.1-2 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.2-1 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-2 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.2.1-2 X.Org X server -- VESA display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 4.1.0-2 X.Org X server -- VGA display driver (everything updated from experimental) Note that I did not update many more packages, so in case there is something else of significance please tell me. I have also logged one of the launches of startx using startx > startx-log During the session I have launched xev, pressed some keys and killed the XServer using Ctrl+Alt+BS. Xev output indicates that the events are not propagated to the XServer. Also note, that there are some weird errors indicated in the log regarding the keyboard. Thanks for your time Ben
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