[SOLVED] GNOME keyboard issue

nilesOien · 2024-03-03 01:23:21

I updated Arch just now, around March 3, 2024 01:00AM UTC. After that, when I boot, I can login by selecting my username and typing my password in gdm, so the keyboard is working normally at that point.

When I get to the GNOME desktop, however, nothing responds to the keyboard. I can't type in a terminal or enter a URL in a web browser. The mouse still works.

I then unplug the mouse and keyboard USB connections from the PC, swap them and plug them back in, so the mouse is where the keyboard was and vice versa. Then everything works.

I've done this a few times now to be sure. The hardware seems fine. I think GNOME is possibly disconnecting the keyboard? Is there any way I can usefully debug the issue?

Thanks,

Niles.

Last edited by nilesOien (2024-03-12 01:46:57)

seth · 2024-03-03 08:41:43

Gnome on x11 or wayland?
Replugging the keyboard into the samelot doesn't cut it?
Does this also happen w/ a fresh user and/or different kind of session (weston or openbox)?

A replug would most likely break a grab by eg. some autostarting process, maybe a stale press (ie. the system for whatever reason missed a key release)

Do you have a spare keyboard?

nilesOien · 2024-03-09 17:56:39

Apologies for the delay. It's wayland according to XDG_SESSION_TYPE. It happens no matter what user I log in as. I have not tried another session type. I don't have another keyboard handy just now but could borrow one.

seth · 2024-03-09 21:56:06

Next to the weston session (or even just gnome on X11) an the alternative keyboard:

seth almost wrote:

Replugging the keyboard into the same slot doesn't cut it?

Can you still switch the VT and use the keyboard in GDM while it's dead in gnome?

nilesOien · 2024-03-10 18:28:40

I log in from gdm, when I get to GNOME the keyboard is dead. I just found that if I use the mouse to log out and get back to gdm, the keyboard is fine again, and remains fine for subsequent logins. I suspect that a subsequent pacman -Syu might fix this, I'm wondering if there's anything we can usefully get here or if I should go ahead and update.

seth · 2024-03-10 20:14:41

Try to update. If it's an upstream bug and fixed, we don't really care anymore.
If not, we'll need to take a closer look at what's going on there - do you have the opportunity to ssh into the system to analyze it live?

nilesOien · 2024-03-12 01:47:55

An update on March 11 2024 fixed the issue, marking as solved, thanks.

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