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#1 2008-11-07 15:28:48

xcession
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[Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Continued from http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58374
When using...
- xorg-server 1.4.2-2 without xf86-input-evdev = keyboard working, language switch key working
- xorg-server 1.4.2-2 with xf86-input-evdev = keyboard working, language switch key not working
- xorg-server 1.5.3-1 without xf86-input-evdev = keyboard not working, language switch key don't known because keyboard not working
- xorg-server 1.5.3-1 with xf86-input-evdev = keyboard working, language switch key not working

Is this is a bug?

Tested both on my old laptop and my eeepc 701.

Last edited by xcession (2008-11-08 12:56:23)

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#2 2008-11-07 15:45:20

bender02
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

In my case, the lang switch key stopped working, because for some reason the menu key (which I use for switching) is no longer mapped to a keysymbol. I've solved this situation by remapping with xmodmap.
In ~/.xmodmaprc:
keycode 117 = ISO_Next_Group
Then load it with 'xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc'. After that, switching works again (xorg-server-1.5.3-1, xf86-input-evdev -2.0.7-1)

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#3 2008-11-07 16:34:58

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

bender02 wrote:

In my case, the lang switch key stopped working, because for some reason the menu key (which I use for switching) is no longer mapped to a keysymbol. I've solved this situation by remapping with xmodmap.
In ~/.xmodmaprc:
keycode 117 = ISO_Next_Group
Then load it with 'xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc'. After that, switching works again (xorg-server-1.5.3-1, xf86-input-evdev -2.0.7-1)

I can confirm that some of the key names were remapped with the new xorg setup. I had a few that needed to be redone.

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#4 2008-11-08 00:42:37

xcession
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

I update xorg.conf to this...

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard"
    Driver      "evdev"
    Option       "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd"
    Option      "XkbLayout"  "us,th"
    Option      "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Everything seem to works by now... but new error appear...

(EE) Grab failed. Device already configured?
(EE) PreInit returned NULL for "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed

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#5 2008-11-08 02:08:03

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

I've got the same problem except my keyboard still isn't working with the evdev driver

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#6 2008-11-08 02:27:09

dduong
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Awesome, no wonder why the keyboard + mouse didn't work after I upgraded X.  I will try this after work and let everyone know what happens next.

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#7 2008-11-08 10:08:40

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Meh, the new xorg-server troubles me too.
First, my keyboard wasn't detected at all, not even caps-lock light the led.
After installing xf86-input-edev, I had the keyboard back, but some keys were messed up, like:
None of the arrow-keys working, the page-up key printing a slash, the right alt-key being enter..

Using xmodmap wasn't really successful either, the left-arrow key does not repeat when leaving it down,
and the up- and down-keys have very different repeat rates, which is pretty weird.

I removed edev and downgraded the xserver again, now everything's working fine.
Any ideas how to use the new server?

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#8 2008-11-08 12:55:06

xcession
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Hello, namor.
Have you try my solution above?
Install the latest xorg-server + xf86-input-evdev and update your keyboard section xorg.conf...
Change "Driver" line from "kbd" to "evdev" and add "Device" line.

Last edited by xcession (2008-11-08 12:57:43)

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#9 2008-11-08 15:27:40

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

xcession wrote:

Hello, namor.
Have you try my solution above?
Install the latest xorg-server + xf86-input-evdev and update your keyboard section xorg.conf...
Change "Driver" line from "kbd" to "evdev" and add "Device" line.

xcession: i did this too and it worked for me.  do we know why we have to do it this way?

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#10 2008-11-08 16:56:15

xcession
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

snkmchnb wrote:
xcession wrote:

Hello, namor.
Have you try my solution above?
Install the latest xorg-server + xf86-input-evdev and update your keyboard section xorg.conf...
Change "Driver" line from "kbd" to "evdev" and add "Device" line.

xcession: i did this too and it worked for me.  do we know why we have to do it this way?

I think the xorg.conf method is easier than hal/policy in this wiki...
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … otplugging

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#11 2008-11-09 16:55:50

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

I may have a solution for the layout problem.

In

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi

Add the line

<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">se</merge>

and change the language setting (in my case se) to your liking.

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#12 2008-11-09 17:44:09

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Never edit hal files in /usr/share, they will get overwritten. Please read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … otplugging about setting up your input devices with Xorg 7.4.

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#13 2008-11-10 05:51:22

krisvek
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Appears to have been fixed with the newest batch of updates (today); I updated prior to trying what was recommended here, and encountered no problem afterward.  Not sure which package it was that fixed it though (there was a xorg-server release increment, and xf86- input-evdev... can't remember anything more detailed).

Nevermind, apparently not ALL of my keys are working as before... (prntscrn, fn+<keys>);  however, better than it was smile

Last edited by krisvek (2008-11-10 08:34:52)

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#14 2008-11-10 17:53:09

Army
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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

@xcession: Thnx for your solution, works perfectly here and after 2 days it's the only way it works here.

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#15 2008-11-10 19:55:58

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Disabling input device hotplugging as described in the link that JGC provided works for me, aka, sets everything back to how it was before the update.  Apparently the input hotplugging has something more to be desired.

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#16 2009-02-21 20:18:05

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Re: [Partial SOLVED] Keyboard not working xorg-server 1.5.3-1

Hi all,

I solved this problem by simply disablying hotpluggin and configuring the devices the old way:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … _it_off.3F

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