[SOLVED, i think?] keyboard problems after recent updates

upsidaisium · 2010-01-04 12:09:40

this is a problem which i've just started to experience today: when i'm in X, sometimes keyboard input seems to randomly hang up for a few seconds. for example, i'll be typing something and then suddenly the characters stop appearing even if i keep typing. after two or three seconds the remaining characters that i had typed might appear, or they might not. it's really frustrating because it's so random. but i don't have any problems if i don't start X -- so i'm doing all of my work (that i can do) from the console for now..

has anybody else experienced this behaviour?

i looked in the pacman log and noticed that when i did a pacman -Syu on 27/12 these packages (among many others) were updated:
- xf86-input-evdev
- xf86-input-synaptics
- xorg-server
- xorg-xkb-utils

but those were updates, like i said, were on 27/12.. over a week ago. and i just started having problems today. yesterday i also did a system update, but i the only packages upgraded were alsa-lib and alsa-utils.

if anybody has any advice/suggestions for fixes, it would be much appreciated!

Last edited by upsidaisium (2010-01-04 14:33:22)

rent0n · 2010-01-04 12:55:12

I'm not totally sure this is the case, however...Have you got an Intel Graphics Card?
If yes, KMS has been enabled by default as of kernel 2.6.32. I had similar problems with it and disabling KMS solved my problems.
Check here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87872

If no, I'm sorry, I don't know how to help you!

upsidaisium · 2010-01-04 13:00:17

ah, i do have intel graphics. so you might be on to the real problem! (here's hoping, at least). i'll try what you have done and see what happens.

edit: well, success so far! all i've done is add that little bit to the kernel line in my grub/menu.lst file. i check the other conf file but those problem-causing modules weren't listed anyways, so i figured i was okay on that front. will report back if the problems come back again

Last edited by upsidaisium (2010-01-04 14:36:02)

rent0n · 2010-01-04 17:49:40

upsidaisium wrote:

ah, i do have intel graphics. so you might be on to the real problem! (here's hoping, at least). i'll try what you have done and see what happens.
edit: well, success so far! all i've done is add that little bit to the kernel line in my grub/menu.lst file. i check the other conf file but those problem-causing modules weren't listed anyways, so i figured i was okay on that front. will report back if the problems come back again

I'm happy you solved.
The funniest thing is that I was having problems in consoles and not in X!

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#1 2010-01-04 12:09:40

[SOLVED, i think?] keyboard problems after recent updates

#2 2010-01-04 12:55:12

Re: [SOLVED, i think?] keyboard problems after recent updates

#3 2010-01-04 13:00:17

Re: [SOLVED, i think?] keyboard problems after recent updates

#4 2010-01-04 17:49:40

Re: [SOLVED, i think?] keyboard problems after recent updates

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