Bug#452121: Same problem other workaround..
Hello to all,
I seemed to have the same problem as
reported by other people here. The keyboard all of a sudden stopped working
altogether, while the mouse functioned normally.
A few observations:
- Ctrl-Alt-F1 did NOT work
- Using the mouse I could go to another
gnome session (under a different user). This session dit NOT have ANY problem.
- Logging out and in of the affected
session did NOT help
- restarting the laptop did NOT help
- plugging in an USB keyboard did NOT
help
Unfortunately preventing the gnome-screensaver
from starting did also not make any difference.
- Kernel version: 2.6.26-2-686
x version:
xserver-xorg/lenny uptodate 1:7.3+20
xserver-xorg-core/lenny uptodate 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2
xserver-xorg-input-all/lenny uptodate
1:7.3+20
gnome version:
gnome-core/lenny uptodate 1:2.22.2~5
As the problem seemed related to the
configuration of a specific user (although I was just using Firefox when
my keyboard stopped, not installing or configuring or changing anything)
I tried to look at all the processes started on the one hand for the user
with the problem, on the other hand for the user that could just use the
keyboard. There did not seem to be a big difference. I did disable the
gnome weather applet, and after that nearly everything that was automatically
started in gnome, but to no avail. For reference I include the list of
processes started for both users at the end of this mail.
Then I deleted the following user files
/ directories - to no avail:
.gnome
.gnome2
.gnome2_private
.gnome_private
*.log
.metacity
When the problem remained I deleted
the following files / directories. That SOLVED the problem, albeit at the
cost of some customization:
.dbus
.dmrc
.eaf_monitor_temp
.fontconfig
.gconf
.gconfd
.gim-2.4
.gksu.lock
.gq
.gq-state
.gtkrc-1.2
.local
.luma
.sok
seaside.im (was owned by root)
Well, a little bit rough not to try
these deletions one by one, especially considering that I do not know what
all these are for, but then I had to go on working.....
User having problem:
portier-laptop-01:~# ps --user openeyedev
PID TTY
TIME CMD
3862 ? 00:00:00
gconfd-2
3864 ? 00:00:00
gnome-keyring-d
3868 ? 00:00:00
gnome-session
3917 ? 00:00:00
dbus-launch
3918 ? 00:00:00
dbus-daemon
3924 ? 00:00:00
seahorse-agent
3927 ? 00:00:00
gnome-settings-
3948 ? 00:00:00
metacity
3949 ? 00:00:00
gnome-panel
3951 ? 00:00:00
nautilus
3958 ? 00:00:00
bonobo-activati
3963 ? 00:00:00
python
3969 ? 00:00:00
gnome-vfs-daemo
3975 ? 00:00:00
kerneloops-appl
3976 ? 00:00:00
nm-applet
3977 ? 00:00:00
gnome-volume-ma
3978 ? 00:00:00
gnome-power-man
3986 ? 00:00:00
python
4004 ? 00:00:00
fast-user-switc
4006 ? 00:00:00
trashapplet
4008 ? 00:00:00
gnome-keyboard-
4010 ? 00:00:00
gweather-applet
4012 ? 00:00:00
mapping-daemon
4032 ? 00:00:00
gnome-terminal
4034 ? 00:00:00
gnome-pty-helpe
4035 pts/0 00:00:00
bash
User NOT having problem:
portier-laptop-01:~# ps --user rportier
PID TTY
TIME CMD
4086 ? 00:00:00
gconfd-2
4088 ? 00:00:00
gnome-keyring-d
4089 ? 00:00:00
gnome-session
4138 ? 00:00:00
dbus-launch
4139 ? 00:00:00
dbus-daemon
4145 ? 00:00:00
seahorse-agent
4148 ? 00:00:00
gnome-settings-
4169 ? 00:00:00
metacity
4170 ? 00:00:01
gnome-panel
4173 ? 00:00:00
nautilus
4179 ? 00:00:00
bonobo-activati
4181 ? 00:00:00
gnome-vfs-daemo
4199 ? 00:00:00
python
4203 ? 00:00:00
kerneloops-appl
4205 ? 00:00:00
nm-applet
4206 ? 00:00:00
gnome-power-man
4207 ? 00:00:00
gnome-volume-ma
4211 ? 00:00:00
python
4221 ? 00:00:00
mapping-daemon
4229 ? 00:00:00
trashapplet
4233 ? 00:00:00
gnome-keyboard-
4234 ? 00:00:00
fast-user-switc
4246 ? 00:00:00
gnome-terminal
4249 ? 00:00:00
gnome-pty-helpe
4250 pts/1 00:00:00
bash
4317 ? 00:00:30
lnotes
4318 ? 00:00:00
nsdexec
4323 ? 00:00:00
sametime_idlemo
4331 ? 00:00:16
notes2
4422 ? 00:00:02
taskldr
4478 ? 00:00:00
firefox
4490 ? 00:00:00
run-mozilla.sh
4496 ? 00:00:23
firefox-bin
4630 ? 00:00:00
evolution-data-
4660 ? 00:00:00
evolution-alarm
Kind regards,
Ronald
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