On Friday 06 October 2017 12:27:12 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:16:36PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 05:02:45PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:22:41PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > > > > [X keyboard not working] > > > > > > This depends on a couple of things. E.g. is your X using X input? > > > If yes, it's supposed to work automagically. If not, you might > > > need to put a stanza in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf which looks more > > > or less like > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "the-keyboard" > > > Driver "kbd" > > > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > > > EndSection > > > > > > or something similar. > > > > > > Could you post your X server's log? Where is it located? > > > (the two possibilities know to me are ~/.local/share/xorg/ > > > and /var/log/Xorg.0.log, depending on whether your X server > > > runs rootless or not). > > > > sure, your stanza for /etc/X11/xorg.conf didn't work, it just > > refused to startup the X server itself. > > actually, that file itself did not exist at that location, i > > had to create it, and when it didn't work, i deleted it, and > > the same old stuff was on again, i.e. X worked, but keyboard > > didn't. > > please find below my X server's log; > > > > [ 533.054] > > X.Org X Server 1.19.2 > > Release Date: 2017-03-02 > > [...] > > > [ 533.156] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > > [ 533.156] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of > > input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or > > disable AutoAddDevices. > > [...] > > > [ 535.260] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set > > 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0) [ 535.260] (II) No input driver > > specified, ignoring this device. [ 535.260] (II) This device may > > have been added with another device file. > > The above looks like a smoking gun to me... > > > [ 535.261] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech > > Touchpad (/dev/input/event1) [ 535.261] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech > > Touchpad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall" [ 535.261] (**) > > ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad > > buttons" [ 535.261] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics" > > [ 535.261] (II) Loading > > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so [ 535.306] (II) > > Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > > ...while this (and following) shows your touchpad happily chattering. > > Note that there's no other mention of keyboard in the log file. > > I must run now, so I'll leave it at that here. Perhaps someone else > can pick up. > > Cheers > -- t I have the same effect, but different log. I have way too many keyboards, none of which work. Grepping that log for "type", I get all this: [ 19.958] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "rk8xx_pwrkey" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6) [ 20.029] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: MOUSE, id 7) [ 20.105] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: MOUSE, id 8) [ 20.123] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9) [ 20.142] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: MOUSE, id 10) [ 20.159] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11) [ 20.160] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12) [ 87158.337] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: MOUSE, id 7) [ 87158.346] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8) [ 87158.364] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9) [ 87170.833] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: MOUSE, id 10) [ 87170.838] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11) [ 87170.923] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Receiver" (type: MOUSE, id 12) [ 87417.673] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 7) [ 87417.677] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8) [ 87417.694] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
Mouse moves, clicks do nothing and keyboard isn't functional. The big time offsets were created when I shuffled dongles around to try a different keyboard, which likewise doesn't work with x. Works fine on vt0. I wonder if these choruses of symptoms have a common cause? My board is a rock64, an arm64 board, quad core. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>