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hongyang

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Registered: 2008-12-02

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[SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

I just did a full system update yesterday, and now it seems that once I'm in X, the mouse will not move and the keyboard also does not work, and the system just hangs there, and I can do nothing but rebooting. Can anyone help me here?

Last edited by hongyang (2008-12-02 16:53:15)

jayanath

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Registered: 2008-08-16

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

Try to create a backup of /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot the system. This will start your x-server. I also had this issue and got it resolved (well.. partially) by doing the same. My system is now working with NO xorg.conf file. The arrow keys and some other Fn keys are not working at the moment.

UPDATE:

For the arrow keys:

System->preferences-> keyboard ->layout
select Evdev-managed keyboard from keyboard models drop down.

For the Lenovo R61 special keys :

cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-ibm-buttons.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy
restart xorg and hal

Im still working on my synaptic touch pad to enable tapping and scrolling. Tried the following link but it seems like I have to do some more tweaking:)
http://www.varesano.net/blog/fabio/two+ … ment-15726

Last edited by jayanath (2008-12-02 15:47:32)

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fukawi2

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Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

Try this:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … _it_off.3F

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Statix

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Registered: 2008-02-16

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Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

A little tip:

Start x like this to test it out:
startx & sleep 10 && pkill X

That way X will start and kill itself after 10 seconds. That'll give you time to see if your keyboard and mouse work and prevent you from having to restart if they don't.

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m3tr0g33k

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Registered: 2008-05-04

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Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

@fukawi2: Thanks that works for me.

It was my Syu last night that killed my Xorg too.
The automatic use of hal to provide device info is not a lot of use for me, as I don't run hald!

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vexxor

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Registered: 2008-07-17

Posts: 45

Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

Add the following to your "ServerFlags" section, if you don't have one, add the whole text below:

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

This will revert to the old behavior. Providing everything worked before the upgrade, it should function exactly the same. I used this for a quick fix, there is a wiki article fukawi2 posted where everything is explained.

markisthejob

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From: Cork, Ireland

Registered: 2008-09-01

Posts: 63

Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

try adding hal to the daemon list in /etc/rc.conf. Should look something like this

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal network netfs crond)

I had the same problem and this did the trick.

hongyang

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Registered: 2008-12-02

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Re: [SOLVED] mouse & keyboard do not work in X

Try this:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … _it_off.3F

Thanks. This works for me.