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Sotamarsu

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From: Guineapig province in Finland

Registered: 2008-11-07

Posts: 11

[Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

I need some help please! I just updated my system and then tried to test can I boot it. Well grub works fine and kernel loads fine, but after kdm starts my mouse and keyboard don't work anymore. I can see KDE logging screen, but system don't understand my input devices. System was last updated last weekend. In kernel load keyboard works, because Num Lock light turns on and off.

Need some advise, should I reinstall xorg or kde 4.1.3 or what? And if so, how to prevent kdm to start? in grub?

Please answer quickly!

UPDATE: kdm startup fixed in /etc/rc.conf, thx to system rescueCD!

UPDATE: After I reinstalled xorg-server 1.5.3-1 and installed xf86-input-evdev 2.0.1-1 and as a precaution I installed xf86-input-keyboard 1.3.1-1, my system is now working alright. Thanks for help!

Last edited by Sotamarsu (2008-11-07 19:03:52)

skottish

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Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

If you installed xorg-server 1.5, you may need to install xf86-input-evdev.

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

Put this into /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

> And if so, how to prevent kdm to start?
If you're asking that you shouldn't be running testing, seriously.
It depends on where you load kdm. If it's in rc.conf (DAEMONS), remove it. If it's in /etc/inittab (default runlevel 5), just add " 3" to the kernel command line in grub.

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wrc1944

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From: Gainesville, Florida

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 117

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

Me too!  I Just updated, and I'm using gdm, and when gdm starts my keyboard and mouse are completely frozen. Could't login to fix stuff, so I booted to Gentoo on my other partition, and looked at all the arch log files as root. Can't see any obvious problem.  I changed to kdm in rc.conf, and am going to try an Arch reboot.

I noticed a few gnome things, and I'm also running markc's kdesvn packages, which also updated today, but I don't think the kdesvn packages have anything to do with this problem.

@Sotamarsu,
You can prevent kdm or gdm srom starting in /etc/rc.conf, but if you can't get past the gdm login screen, you'll need to use a live cd, or if you have other distros on your system like I do, you can get into Arch from there to edit the files.

Keep me informed here as to any progress- apparently this is a major problem, though probably can be fixed easy, if we just know how.

Anyone else having this problem, and a solution? Looked in the forum- couldn't find anything much.

UPDATE:  I removed gdm from /etc/rc.conf from my Gentoo install, and then was able to boot and log into Arch as root in a terminal.  I installed xf86-input-evdev, and reinstalled xf86-input-keyboard. Re-edited gdm back into rc.conf with nano, and rebooted.
Same result- mouse and keyboard still frozen in gdm.

What's strange is I've been running kdesvn and testing for a year, so I already had xorg-server-1.5.  Maybe there was an update to 1.5 with today's updates that I just missed in the list.
However, on Gentoo, I've run into this on several systems after the xorg-1.5 update, and rebuilding all xorg drivers fixed it, so I thought reinstalling them here on Arch would work, but it doesn't. 

Last edited by wrc1944 (2008-11-07 18:06:24)

Sotamarsu

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From: Guineapig province in Finland

Registered: 2008-11-07

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

wrc1944: Try to reinstall xorg-server. It might work (or not).

wrc1944

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From: Gainesville, Florida

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 117

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

Reinstalled xorg-server, and all the xorg drivers, but same result.  Finally found the solution here. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12026
I would think this is affecting lots of users, and the Arch devs should adress this.

Sotamarsu

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From: Guineapig province in Finland

Registered: 2008-11-07

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

Nice job, I now fucked up my keyboard layout. Now it's us and should be fi. Arrows, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Pg Up and Down don't work.

What should I do now?

Last edited by Sotamarsu (2008-11-08 10:10:13)

wrc1944

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From: Gainesville, Florida

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 117

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

Sotamarsu,
Not sure, but In xorg.conf, under  Section "InputDevice" what does your Option "XkbLayout"  line say, "us" or "fi"?

Or do you have that line at all?  I'm not on Arch right now, or I'd check mine.  Another place to look for keyboard settings might be in /etc/rc.local.

EDIT:  Look here, maybe this will help.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58533

Last edited by wrc1944 (2008-11-08 12:54:21)

Sotamarsu

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From: Guineapig province in Finland

Registered: 2008-11-07

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

there is

    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "fi"

Command "setxkbmap fi" fixed Arrows, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Pg Up and Down problem and is showing scandic also, but scandic don't work after restart.

Inside /etc/rc.local is

#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script.
#

Last edited by Sotamarsu (2008-11-08 13:10:19)

Sotamarsu

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From: Guineapig province in Finland

Registered: 2008-11-07

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] G/KDM don't understand mouse and keyboard after update

brother fixed it with next code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
<!--
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
      <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append>
    </match>
-->
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
      <!-- <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">pc104</merge> -->
      <!-- <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">evdev</merge> -->
      <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">base</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">evdev</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">fi</merge>
      <append key="input.x11_options.XkbOptions" type="strlist">altwin:menu</append>
<!--
      <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">fi</merge>
      <append key="input.xkb.options" type="strlist">altwin:menu</append>
-->
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

Last edited by Sotamarsu (2008-11-08 13:58:54)