On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 11:10 +0100, AG wrote: > On 12/06/11 19:34, AG wrote: > > My keyboard works fine at the GRUB screen, enabling me to select the > > kernel to boot. However, at gdm3 (and kdm as well now as the > > default), neither mouse nor keyboard works. > > > > Doing a hard reboot, I can boot into recovery mode and from there > > startx and as root, keyboard and mouse work fine. But, logging out as > > root and coming back to the login screen, again input devices are frozen. > > > > Research from the web seems to suggest this is a known bug, but the > > resolutions are confusing: some suggest rm -fr /run but that doesn't > > work for me; others suggest it is something to do with udev, whilst > > others think it has something to do with xorg.conf. So far, the only > > workarounds seem to be hacks that work for some but not for others. > > There do seem to be a number of bugs reported on this already. > > > > I am currently using my user account, but had to get into it via > > recovery mode, going to root and su to my user account. This seems to > > be okay, but it is not a preferred route. > > > > Can someone please give me some advice on how to fix this. > > > > Am I looking at downgrading udev or upgrading it or ... ? And if > > downgrading it, how do I do that without losing everything else that > > seems to be dependent on it? > > > > For reference, this is an installation from squeeze that was updated > > to wheezy, but I have now read that this is an issue for those who > > have done fresh wheezy installs as well. > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > AG > > > > After further research, I downgraded udev_170-1_i386 to udev_167-3_i386 > and libudev0_170-1_i386 to libudev0_167-3_i386 and rebooted. > > The problem is now resolved. However, the Update Manager wants to > upgrade these two files to 170-1. Is there anyway to stop this from > happening, or do I manually deselect these when it is time to update? > > Cheers > > AG
You can lock the package version. I don't know how to do it by apt (you need to read man apt, google ...), but for Synaptic - mark the package - then use pull down menu 'Package' > check 'Lock version' -- 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/1308056707.2218.119.camel@debian
