Re: Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse From: Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:41:58 +1300 Message-id: 20121005044158.GA26889@tal In-reply-to: B20C81AA4C634635A4C011E9ADF7A790@oldes References: B20C81AA4C634635A4C011E9ADF7A790@oldes On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:58:39PM +1000, geoff wrote: OK. What packages were upgraded? The log in /var/log/dpkg should help you here. Obviously, look for any packages related to the keyboard. Being a point release, quite a lot of activity in there but nothing obvious. You could consider upgrading to wheezy, it will be the new stable in a few months anyway It had always been my intention to do so soon anyway, however, if I wanted to do a reinstall after my system was broken by an update, I'd just go back to M$. Frankly, this experience has me questioning what has gone wrong in the development team, and if a simple point release can break a system so comprehensively, why I shouldn't just go onto Sid and keep regular clonezilla images. Not real impressed right now, particularly by the upgrade to wheezy comment. Thanks for the suggestions though, I do appreciate them.
Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse
hi, was that a typo below, as in 2 tb? Indeed Dr dos does have an approximately 2 gb limit for the primary dos partition. this dell laptop has a disk size of about 8 gig, so we partitioned the rest into amounts smaller than 3 gig, since my best understanding is that it can swing 4 gig. However the first partition its d: drive technically has no allocation units according to Dr dos 703's edition of chkdsk. the other two partitions e and f are just fine though. Yes I do realize partition magic is still legal, but not so sure about its availability free for dos, because its new owners state as of July 2011 they are no longer offering partition magic at all. There is a link for a free partition magic on the partition wizard site, the replacement product for partition magic, but it is not directing me clearly in lynx. Still I will check out offerings you present here. your note gives me an idea, perhaps shifting the primary dos partition slightly so it is closer to that 2 gig window, which is why no data loss is important. Karen On Fri, 5 Oct 2012, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:58:39PM +1000, geoff wrote: Yep, everything works fine in root. I'd also tried creating another user account, and it displayed the same behaviour as my other user account. OK. What packages were upgraded? The log in /var/log/dpkg should help you here. Obviously, look for any packages related to the keyboard. The only way I can use a console is to utilise the on screen keyboard, which is hit and miss at best. (gok hangs frequently). What sort of computer is this? tal% apt-cache show gok N: Can't select versions from package 'gok' as it is purely virtual N: No packages found (Note: I'm running wheezy) You could consider upgrading to wheezy, it will be the new stable in a few months anyway -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121005044158.GA26889@tal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pine.bsf.4.64.1210050706010.1...@server1.shellworld.net
Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse
Στις 25/04/2007 06:29 μμ, ο/η geoff έγραψε: Hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. The most recent point release went into my system on Sunday. Upon rebooting the keyboard and mouse are inactive. The mouse is usb, and can be activated by unplugging and plugging it back in. The keyboard is ps\2 and can not be activated. The unusual thing is that everything works perfectly if I boot into the root account, but not if I boot into my user account. Also, the kb works fine in grub, but not after booting into the user account. When you say boot into the root account do you mean recovery mode from grub menu? If yes this bug may be relevant http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679523 Check if relevant packages (sysvinit, sysv-rc...) were upgraded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/506efa0e.7040...@gmx.com
Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:58:39PM +1000, geoff wrote: Yep, everything works fine in root. I'd also tried creating another user account, and it displayed the same behaviour as my other user account. OK. What packages were upgraded? The log in /var/log/dpkg should help you here. Obviously, look for any packages related to the keyboard. The only way I can use a console is to utilise the on screen keyboard, which is hit and miss at best. (gok hangs frequently). What sort of computer is this? tal% apt-cache show gok N: Can't select versions from package 'gok' as it is purely virtual N: No packages found (Note: I'm running wheezy) You could consider upgrading to wheezy, it will be the new stable in a few months anyway -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121005044158.GA26889@tal
Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:29:14AM +1000, geoff wrote: You should fix your clock. Hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. The most recent point release went into my system on Sunday. Upon rebooting the keyboard and mouse are inactive. The mouse is usb, and can be activated by unplugging and plugging it back in. The keyboard is ps\2 and can not be activated. The unusual thing is that everything works perfectly if I boot into the root account, but not if I boot into my user account. Also, the kb works fine in grub, but not after booting into the user account. Following is the results of hwinfo. So if you log in as root, everything works? What if you create a new user, and try from there? Does it work from a console? -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121003101253.GA25029@tal
Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse
Original Message - From: Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: geoff ga...@skymesh.com.au Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 8:12 PM Subject: Re: Squeeze point release broke keyboard and mouse On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 01:29:14AM +1000, geoff wrote: You should fix your clock. Hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. The most recent point release went into my system on Sunday. Upon rebooting the keyboard and mouse are inactive. The mouse is usb, and can be activated by unplugging and plugging it back in. The keyboard is ps\2 and can not be activated. The unusual thing is that everything works perfectly if I boot into the root account, but not if I boot into my user account. Also, the kb works fine in grub, but not after booting into the user account. Following is the results of hwinfo. So if you log in as root, everything works? What if you create a new user, and try from there? Does it work from a console? -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X Yep, everything works fine in root. I'd also tried creating another user account, and it displayed the same behaviour as my other user account. Clock is fine both in the bios and from the user account. (obviously not on the laptop I'm using for mail, but as this isn't a why won't windows work correctly list I don't expect a fix from here). The only way I can use a console is to utilise the on screen keyboard, which is hit and miss at best. (gok hangs frequently). Cheers.
