Bug#567756: xserver-xorg-input-all: keyboard not working after squeeze upgrade

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

On Feb 12, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Julien Cristau wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:45:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> > (II) config/udev: Adding input device "Mitsumi Electric Apple  
> > Extended USB Keyboard" (/dev/input/event4)
> > (**) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": always reports  
> > core events
> > (**) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": Device: "/dev/ 
> > input/event4"
> > (II) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": Found keys
> > (II) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": Configuring as  
> > keyboard
> > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device ""Mitsumi Electric Apple  
> > Extended USB Keyboard"" (type: KEYBOARD)
> > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
> > (**) Option "xkb_model" "macintosh"
> > (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
> > (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
> > (II) config/udev: Adding input device "Mitsumi Electric Apple  
> > Extended USB Keyboard" (/dev/input/event5)
> > (**) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": always reports  
> > core events
> > (**) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": Device: "/dev/ 
> > input/event5"
> > (II) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": Found keys
> > (II) "Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard": Configuring as  
> > keyboard
> > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device ""Mitsumi Electric Apple  
> > Extended USB Keyboard"" (type: KEYBOARD)
> > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
> > (**) Option "xkb_model" "macintosh"
> > (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
> > (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
>
> Looks like your keyboard is added correctly.  It shows up as two  
> devices
> though for some reason.  Which one produces events?  Does commenting  
> out
> the XKBMODEL=macintosh line in /etc/default/keyboard change anything
> (after a reboot, so the change is picked up by udev)?
>
> Cheers,
> Julien

Commenting out that line did not change anything after a reboot.

I re-installed squeeze on a spare partition, and everything is back to  
normal when I boot from that partition.  Go figure!

Rick