[SOLVED] Keyboard not responding in xfce4

rhomheow · 2017-05-02 01:06:10

I installed the xfce4 desktop environment successfully but then everytime i run it, my keyboard stops responding. Any help on how i can fix this?

Last edited by rhomheow (2017-05-11 22:21:16)

alex.theoto · 2017-05-02 08:44:54

Can you enter into tty? When you press numlock does the led on your keyboard turn on-off?
Check the logs.

rhomheow · 2017-05-02 09:32:46

No. I can't enter into tty. No key on the keyboard responds at all.

hcjl · 2017-05-02 09:39:05

how do you run it and how did you configure your keyboard?

rhomheow · 2017-05-02 19:53:06

Today i tried again and my keyboard-light button was working. I was able to turn my back light on and off. However, no other key was working. My mouse too works fine. I put startxfce4 in the .xinitrc file and so used the startx command to start it.

seth · 2017-05-02 21:40:52

Try replacing xf86-input-libinput with xf86-input-evdev (install the latter and add some /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-keyboard.conf)

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier          "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard     "yes"
    Option              "XkbModel" "evdev"
    Option              "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option              "XkbKeycodes" "evdev"
    Driver                "evdev"
EndSection

The three options may be required for reasonable input behavior.
Also try to ssh into the machine to inspect dmesg and maybe the xorg log.

rhomheow · 2017-05-05 22:42:04

Tried this. System told me that "MatchisKeyboard" could not be recognized. However, when I commented that line out, the DE loaded and I could enter tty but then my mouse also stopped responding.

seth wrote:

Try replacing xf86-input-libinput with xf86-input-evdev (install the latter and add some /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-keyboard.conf)
Section "InputClass"
    Identifier          "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard     "yes"
    Option              "XkbModel" "evdev"
    Option              "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option              "XkbKeycodes" "evdev"
    Driver                "evdev"
EndSection
The three options may be required for reasonable input behavior.
Also try to ssh into the machine to inspect dmesg and maybe the xorg log.

seth · 2017-05-06 06:52:09

Yes, thus "MatchIsKeyboard" and btw. not "MatchisKeyboard" - case matters.
What's the exact error message?

rhomheow · 2017-05-08 19:15:30

I edited the keyboard.conf file again and it worked this time. Thank you so much.

seth wrote:

Yes, thus "MatchIsKeyboard" and btw. not "MatchisKeyboard" - case matters.
What's the exact error message?

seth · 2017-05-08 19:39:34

So is there a pending problem with the keyboard input or did this fix the the initial problem as well?
(In case, please always remember to mark a thread as solved - to hint others; and in this case me as well ;-)

rhomheow · 2017-05-11 19:43:43

[SOLVED] No this fixed all the problems. Thank you.

seth wrote:

So is there a pending problem with the keyboard input or did this fix the the initial problem as well?
(In case, please always remember to mark a thread as solved - to hint others; and in this case me as well ;-)

seth · 2017-05-11 20:37:36

No, you got to edit the first posts title ;-)

rhomheow · 2017-05-11 22:21:36

Done

seth wrote:

No, you got to edit the first posts title ;-)

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[SOLVED] Keyboard not responding in xfce4

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