-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlnXruAACgkQBcgs9XrR2ka6VwCeKZ8SxAK0aRySVM0lSnOSvKD8 RHQAn2ONdmcWqveuXKvjmTMnbjfpUj+3 =PLDo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
