[lug] lurid lucid: x can't see keyboard or mouse

[Lee Woodworth]

On 05/02/10 13:41, Bear Giles wrote:
> Against my better judgment I installed lurid lucid lynx.  Now the 
> standard USB keyboard and mouse aren't seen by X.  I can't even flip to 
> a virtual terminal due to the keyboard problem.  The keyboard is fine if 
> I'm in a recovery shell but totally dead in X.
What versions of X were involved (from, to). Does your kernel have evdev
enabled - some newer X servers seem to be requiring it.
You should also look in your logs -- might be in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
Look for lines that with (EE) -- these mark errors.

> 
> I've checked the forums and A LOT of people are having similar problems. 
> I've rule out all of those (mouseemu, console getting misconfigured, 
> kernel bug) or they aren't quite the same thing.  E.g., some people lose 
> their keyboard but not their mouse.
> 
> Does anyone here have ideas?  Right now the system is completely unusable.
> 
> Bear
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