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vega

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Registered: 2008-06-26

Posts: 13

Keyboard and mouse do not work in X after update

Hello,

I have udev 173-3 and xf86-input-evdev 2.6.0-4 installed.
I have removed hal.
I use no xorg.conf file.
I have a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ called 10-evdev.conf

#
# Catch-all evdev loader for udev-based systems
# We don't simply match on any device since that also adds accelerometers
# and other devices that we don't really want to use. The list below
# matches everything but joysticks.

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev tablet catchall"
        MatchIsTablet "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
        MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

If I try to start gdm, the X server does not start at all, the log looks like this: http://pastebin.com/VC9m2sgv

If I type startx, KDE desktop appears, but the keyboard and mouse are dead and I have to reboot.

What should I do?

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: Keyboard and mouse do not work in X after update

The first issue: gdm won't start because the nvidia module isn't found. Reinstall the nvidia-blob, load the module and start gdm.

The second issue: first try to solve the first one

//EDIT: useful command to troubleshoot X: # cat /var/log/Xorg.log | grep EE

Last edited by zenlord (2011-10-02 13:32:01)

vega

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Registered: 2008-06-26

Posts: 13

Re: Keyboard and mouse do not work in X after update

I had removed the nvidia driver from my system because I suspected it made the system unstable.
But it was working allright with nouveau for some time. From the log file, I see that the nouveau driver is found and tried, is it not so?

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: Keyboard and mouse do not work in X after update

There is an Error (EE) in your logs for not finding the nvidia-module, thus it is searching for that module and it might be a problem.

Is 'nvidia' blacklisted in your /etc/modprobe.d/ -folder?

laloch

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Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 186

Re: Keyboard and mouse do not work in X after update

Hi, this should go to the [testing] forum.

However, same problem here. Inputs don't work at all with xorg 1.11.1 / evdev 2.6.0. Your Xorg.log seems to be alright - noveau initialized and evdev bound to your input devices. I had to downgrade to xorg from [extra] because of this.

Last edited by laloch (2011-10-03 09:16:56)