On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > > OK, I'll try again: > > > > Why does X disable the ps2 keyboard when there's no ps2 mouse? > > > > If and only if the ps2 mouse is plugged in at *boot* [1] will X give me > > a > > ps2 keyboard. Otherwise X will start perfectly but without keyboard > > input. > > In the meantime the console is just fine. Gpm is also able to use the > > mouse. [2] > > > > The *grave* problem with that behaveour is that lacking a network one > > has > > to *powercycle* the machine. There's no other means. And endure the fs > > check afterwards etc. > > > > Setup: > > > > * linux kernel 2.4.18 > > * debian stable > > * xfree 4.1 > > * various i386 machines > > > > Can this problem be avoided? Why does X do this? > > *t > > > > [1] Even before the OS boots > > [2] One will *not* be able switch into the console though! > > Try this in the console after booting with the mouse not plugged: > > $ cat /dev/psaux > > If the keyboard stops working, you should check your kernel. I > saw this problem a long time ago, but don't remember how it got > fixed in the Conectiva kernel, but I believe there is a kernel > build option for the broken motherboards that show this problem.
It does not stop working. I do cat /dev/psaux and can happily continue to type, can do CTRL-C and get back to the prompt. What gives? Mind you, I can reproduce this on two completely different machines, a recent one and a two years old one. *t PS: Thanks for replying Paolo! -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sourcepole.ch Elestastrasse 18, 7310 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Tel: +41 (81) 330 77 11 ----------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert