spent like 4 hours banging my head against this today. this happened today after i accidentally unplugged my mouse during an X session. i have done this many times, and my mouse is dead until i pop into a virtual terminal (C-A-F1) then back. except today i did it and my mouse *and* keyboard stopped working.
nothing worked (inc. C-A-Bkspc and C-A-Del), so i assumed i had some kind of hard kernel lock and rebooted. keyboard still doesn't respond at all in X, still works fine in console. i did a dist-upgrade. i removed and purged all X configs and reinstalled. i unplugged my mouse and removed all references to it in xorg.conf. i've tried two different keyboards, which both work fine on console. i've googled and groups.googled, which suggests some things that don't help me. thoughts on what to look for next? output from dpkg -l and my xorg.conf are below. thanks, tyler ii xkb-data 0.8-15 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configuration dat ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries metapackage ii xlibs-data 7.1.0-1 transitional package for X11 client data ii xlibs-dev 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System client library development f ii xlibs-static-dev 7.1.0-1 transitional metapackage rc xserver-common 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 files and utilities common to all X servers ii xserver-xorg 7.1.0-1 the X.Org X server ii xserver-xorg-core 1.1.1-9 X.Org X server -- core server ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom 0.7.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- wacom input driver ii xserver-xorg-video-all 7.1.0-1 the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.2-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-chips 1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-cyrix 1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-dummy 0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 0.3.0-3 X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-glint 1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-i740 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- i740 display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.6.5-3 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d ii xserver-xorg-video-imstt 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1.4.1.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- MGA display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-newport 0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-nsc 2.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- NSC display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- NV display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-rendition 4.1.0.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 0.4.1-3 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-s3virge 1.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-savage 2.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Savage display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 0.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 0.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1.2.1-4 X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-tga 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-trident 1.2.1-3 X.Org X server -- Trident display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-tseng 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.2.1-3 X.Org X server -- VESA display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 4.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- VGA display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-via 0.2.1-4 X.Org X server -- VIA display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 10.13.0-3 X.Org X server -- VMware display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "crappy video card" Driver "i810" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "sceptre" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28-51 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "crappy video card" Monitor "sceptre" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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