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ash

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[solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

i made a clean default setup with

arch
latest kernel - 2.6.29 i think
xorg 1.6.1
video-intel-legacy

on a 865G intel box + tried usb and ps2 keyboards + usb mouse

when i start X the mouse and keyboard dont work (and i have to hard reset the box) in all of the setups i tried. the AutoAddDevices fix suggested before does not work this time

- without xorg.conf

- with auto-generated xorg.conf (X -confogure)

- with the automatic conf +
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

- with tiny xorg.conf containing only
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

- with dbus/hal enabled and disabled in rc.conf

how i make it work

Last edited by ash (2009-04-30 19:01:41)

lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

same for me..

I tried it with hal and dbus running, and with AutoAddDevices disabled..
Still no chance...

I also did a clean install today

Last edited by lhyanor (2009-04-30 17:44:13)

Ashren

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

Do you have xf86-input-evdev installed?

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lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

Yes... there has been uploaded a new version, maybe it is broken?!

ash

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

i have xf86-input-evdev 2.2.1-1

a new version of what package ?

Ashren

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

Anything suspicious in the Xorg.0.log?

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SpeedVin

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

Same here (with me) I got newest version of xf86-input-edev the same that ash have.

Last edited by SpeedVin (2009-04-30 17:59:37)

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lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

thats the one thing i find disturbing about arch..
it would be so easy if i could just emerge an older version of evdev...

Last edited by lhyanor (2009-04-30 18:06:40)

lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

ah sorry, no nothing suspicious

ash

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

install

xf86-input-mouse
xf86-input-keyboard

to make it work again

lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

mhh strange.. i am sure that i had them installed
i will try it again!

lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

i have them installed.
do you have hotplug disabled?

it still does not work

ash

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

the setup that works to me now is

automatic xorg.conf with the AutAddDevices False (disable hotplug) lines

dbus and hal enabled in deamons

this lines instruct xorg to use xf86-input-mouse/keyboard instead of evdev. ie it looks like with evdev there is no point in xf86-input-mouse/keyboard

Last edited by ash (2009-04-30 18:26:16)

lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

it works now, after uninstalling xf86-input-synaptics (?!)

ash

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

whaaaat

is that a notebook computer ?

mine is a desktop with gigabyte 8ig1000mk board

lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

yes.. its a Thinkpad T40p

strange thing.. i dont use the touchpad anyway. So its fine for me now

ash

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

i dont think the touchpad 'has' to conflict with mouse / keyboard

if you want to try to get it to work boot some other linux and then copy xorg.conf (add the AutoAddDevices line)

SpeedVin

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

ash thank you that's work but I remeber I installed them before (maybe in another/eraliaer install).

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lhyanor

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Re: [solved] mouse and keyboard not working (and previous fix wont work)

funny thing.. the xorg.conf was copied from my gentoo installation....
there its working just fine