On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 13:49:53 +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > Received Sat 18 Apr 2009 3:34am +1000 from Florian Kulzer: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 14:46:58 +1000, Graham Williams wrote:
[...] > > > udev 0.125-7 > > > > You should upgrade udev to version 0.125-7+lenny1 (security.debian.org). > > > > > xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-10 > > > > Rmadison tells me that the current version of this package for Lenny is > > 2:1.4.2-10.lenny1. I would try to upgrade to that. > > > > Other than those two packages, I did not see anything unusual your list. > > I have upgrade both. No change in the X/kbd behaviour > > > > > Another thing to check is which processes are using files in > > > > /dev/input/. Ideally, this check should be done after X has started. > > > > Using CTRL-ALT-Fn does not work for you, but you could use a simple > > > > ~/.xinitrc that runs "sudo chvt 1" in an xterm, which would return you > > > > to the text terminal. (You have to configure your system to allow your > > > > user to run sudo with this command without password.) Then I would like > > > > to the output of: > > > > > > > > lsof /dev/input/* > > I am getting: > > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME > hald-addo 4357 root 4r CHR 13,69 5819 /dev/input/event5 > hald-addo 4357 root 5w CHR 13,68 5772 /dev/input/event4 > hald-addo 4357 root 6r CHR 13,67 5654 /dev/input/event3 > hald-addo 4357 root 7r CHR 13,66 5620 /dev/input/event2 There should be some input devices opened by Xorg. Please run this command instead (as root with X started): lsof $(find /dev/input/) > > Another thing to check is if certain processes are running: > > > > ps -ef | grep -E 'X|hal|dbus|udev' [ snip: all normal, except that dbus is not running ] Did you run this in single user mode, or did you deliberately kill dbus? > > > Note that I am booting single user mode to do this, so it is logging > > > in as root and running startx as root. I modified the .xinitrc to chvt > > > 1 and to then xterm. I ran lsof on the console. > > > > I think it would be better to do further tests in the normal runlevel. > > I would temporarily uninstall or at least disable [xkg]dm to allow you > > to log in at the normal tty prompt. > > Yes - now in user land. Does "now" encompass all the output that you posted in your last message? Does the keyboard work in Xorg if you boot from a Debian Lenny live CD (http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/)? -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
