[SOLVED] First install- xorg keyboard not working, but mouse is.

chris_debian · 2009-02-24 16:49:06

Hi, all.

As you can probably tell from my user name, I am an Arch newbie.

I consider myself to be an experienced GNU/Linux l/user and once a sys admin.

Unfortunately, I have screwed-up my x-config.

I know the install manual said that this was an issue, but as far as I am aware, I have done all the things I needed to, in order to avoid the problem.

The strange thing is, my mouse does work, but my keyboard doesn't. I can use Num Lock etc, but I can't

CTRL/ALT + Backspace

out of my X-session.

Can anyone help me with this? I want to keep hotplugging, and have verified that

xf86-input-evdev

is installed.

BTW, I think that Arch may change my life. I came so far so quickly, compared to a recent (brief) relationship with Gentoo!! I'm even tempted to donate to the project!!! Do you take Paypal?

Cheers,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-02-25 13:01:22)

chris_debian · 2009-02-24 22:08:21

Having rad and re-read the guide, I decided to rm my xorg.conf and just let it be created dynamically.

My text is a bit small, so I'll need to sort the resolution, but besides that, I'm happy :-)

Cheers,

Chris.

Mektub · 2009-02-25 02:36:07

chris_debian wrote:

Having rad and re-read the guide, I decided to rm my xorg.conf and just let it be created dynamically.
My text is a bit small, so I'll need to sort the resolution, but besides that, I'm happy :-)
Cheers,
Chris.

You can always start a with a minimal xorg.conf and build upon it:

Minimal xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
    Driver        "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

This is particularly important if you need a special video driver like Nvidia or ATI, since without xorg.conf you will
get Vesa.

Mektub

somairotevoli · 2009-02-25 06:32:23

Don't forget about the wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg .

Last edited by somairotevoli (2009-02-25 06:32:46)

yvonney · 2009-02-25 07:19:28

For my new install with 2009.02 the frozen keyboard and mouse was partly that I needed to have my wm (window manager) in .xinitrc though mostly it seemed to be needing hal in my daemons line. Got that tip here on the forum.
best wishes

chris_debian · 2009-02-25 08:21:00

Thanks, everybody.

I've got HAL enabled.

I do like the idea of starting with a minimal xorg.conf. I've printed-off the X guide, but first I'll create a minimal xorg.conf and see how well I get on. _Less is more_. I will be using open-source drivers only, but may add compositing to the file, but not sure whether Openbox would ever need it...depends on my panel decision.

I think when I've used AWN before, it needed composite. If I go down this route, I'll need a good system tray type app, but the Openbox wiki suggests some, I think.

Loving Arch :-)

Cheers,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-02-25 08:21:59)

JohanX · 2009-03-05 06:24:33

Hello,

Can you post the solution?
I have the same problem: Fresh install, mouse works, keyboard doesn't ( but I can press Alt-F* to change VC)

Thanks

chris_debian · 2009-03-05 17:21:59

Hi,

I deleted an xorg.conf and backup xorg.confs.

Then I did

pacman -S hwd

and

hwd -xa

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#hwd

This worked perfectly.

Hope it helps,

Chris.

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#1 2009-02-24 16:49:06

[SOLVED] First install- xorg keyboard not working, but mouse is.

#2 2009-02-24 22:08:21

Re: [SOLVED] First install- xorg keyboard not working, but mouse is.

#3 2009-02-25 02:36:07

Re: [SOLVED] First install- xorg keyboard not working, but mouse is.

#4 2009-02-25 06:32:23

Re: [SOLVED] First install- xorg keyboard not working, but mouse is.

#5 2009-02-25 07:19:28

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