Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

W123 · 2009-08-04 04:44:48

Hi,
My keyboard has just stopped working just after upgrade to xorg-server 1.6.3-2 and restart. Does anyone have similar problem?

I found some previous topics about problem with keyboard but they are for much older versions of xorg-server. I will try to solve it, and if I succeed I'll let you known.

My current xorg.conf section for keyboard:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

UPDATE:
Interestingly, whey I use ssh to connect to my box (I have to connect remotely, because after boot keyboard does not work), and I restart gdm

 sudo /etc/rc.d/gdm restart

the keyboard works. I don't know why.

Last edited by W123 (2009-08-05 01:46:50)

thayer · 2009-08-04 04:49:14

Please post the rest of your xorg.conf.

W123 · 2009-08-04 04:59:00

thayer wrote:

Please post the rest of your xorg.conf.

The xorg.conf is quite large so I uploaded it here, as I don't want to make this post super large. Hope its ok.

Many thanks in advance.

Gilfran · 2009-08-04 06:06:41

I had the same problem, but also with version 1.6.3-1...
It was suggested I try the version 1.6.3-2, but apparently it has the same problem.

Gilfran · 2009-08-04 13:48:09

I noticed something strange.. I disable the GDM of the daemons and restart... When I started the GDM manually, the keyboard works normally when I start it by DAMEMONS does not work...

Last edited by Gilfran (2009-08-04 13:51:33)

marianknotek · 2009-08-04 19:28:07

I had the same problem. I moved the gdm from the middle of the daemons line in /etc/rc.conf to the end just like that:
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng netfs @hal cups >@gdm was originaly there< cpufreq @fam crond wicd @gdm)
And it works just fine. I hope I didn't screw something up

W123 · 2009-08-05 01:41:25

marianknotek wrote:

I had the same problem. I moved the gdm from the middle of the daemons line in /etc/rc.conf to the end just like that:
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng netfs @hal cups >@gdm was originaly there< cpufreq @fam crond wicd @gdm)
And it works just fine. I hope I didn't screw something up

In my case I found that I did not have to change the position of gdm in daemons line. It was enough to start it up in the background (i.e. prefix gdm with @).
In other words from this:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal fam sshd gdm cups)

to this:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal fam sshd @gdm cups)

After this change and reboot my keyboard worked and I could log in to my pc.

P.S
Moving gdm to the end, instead of starting it up in the background also solves the problem for me.

Last edited by W123 (2009-08-06 02:32:03)

jcci · 2009-08-07 00:38:05

W123 wrote:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal fam sshd @gdm cups)
After this change and reboot my keyboard worked and I could log in to my pc.
P.S
Moving gdm to the end, instead of starting it up in the background also solves the problem for me.

I can not confirm this solution. On my notebook it made the keyborad fail constantly instead of once in a while. Putting gdm to the end and remove all background starts from the daemons solved it in this case. In other cases I'm still fiddling around.
The point is that the origin of the problem seems not to be clear. Also, why the keyboard fails after some minutes of use on some computer???

jcci · 2009-08-09 10:39:43

With GDM I still have trouble, but starting X with KDM is fine.

doniy · 2009-08-10 20:19:34

Same here, after pc restart keyboard not working on gdm

techprophet · 2009-08-10 20:37:16

marianknotek wrote:

I had the same problem. I moved the gdm from the middle of the daemons line in /etc/rc.conf to the end just like that:
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng netfs @hal cups >@gdm was originaly there< cpufreq @fam crond wicd @gdm)
And it works just fine. I hope I didn't screw something up

Looks like the problem there was that HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) wasn't fully starting before GDM (since both were backgrounded). I found out the hard way that HAL must be installed and start before GDM in order to have Keyboard/Mouse usage. Maybe that was the problem, I don't know for sure. I am by no means an expert on that, not even close.

jcci · 2009-08-12 13:25:01

Sorry to tell that this isn't the reason. All affected computer have hal very early started in the foreground and I always start GDM at last. In some cases starting GDM in background helped, but I had to remove other background starts for best stability. With my notebook I had to give up on GDM and use KDM - I simply couldn't find a way to make it work well.
Whenever the keyboard freezes after some minutes of use, a restart of X solves the problem. So far the freezing never happened twice after restart of X.
Much worse is that I do have X crashes on at least 2 computer. X restarts automatically and the fluxbox session is gone.
There must be a problem with Xorg as well, but I can not put the symptoms together to a clear picture. I just wonder why this thread does not have much more response. The problem seems to be generic and reproducable, so I believe a lot of people should be affected. Unfortunately recentely I have more troubles with Arch than usual.

jcci · 2009-08-18 10:31:49

This issue seems to be fine since GDM 2.20.10-2 and Xorg-Server 1.6.3-3 upgrade

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#1 2009-08-04 04:44:48

Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#2 2009-08-04 04:49:14

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#3 2009-08-04 04:59:00

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#4 2009-08-04 06:06:41

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#5 2009-08-04 13:48:09

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#6 2009-08-04 19:28:07

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#7 2009-08-05 01:41:25

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#8 2009-08-07 00:38:05

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#9 2009-08-09 10:39:43

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#10 2009-08-10 20:19:34

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#11 2009-08-10 20:37:16

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#12 2009-08-12 13:25:01

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

#13 2009-08-18 10:31:49

Re: Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to xorg-server 1.6.3-2

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