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  1. #11
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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    A stupid question: how do you start the KDM failsafe mode?

    In the meantime, here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "pt"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Configured Video Device"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Configured Monitor"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Monitor "Configured Monitor"
    Device "Configured Video Device"
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    Quote Originally Posted by stakh View Post
    A stupid question: how do you start the KDM failsafe mode?
    What I mean is that in the Grub menu I can select recovery mode, but if I boot up, I'm directly thrown into a login menu that does not give me any choise as to the windows manager to load.

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    Sorry, I wasn't clear enought. In the KDM menu you can select the session you're starting (KDE, Gnome if you've installed it, and failsafe, or something like that, it might be different words, my menu is in spanish). That'll bring you to a console program and a very basic window manager.

    As for the xorg.conf, you can try to add the keyboard to the xorg.conf section. Make a backup first, just in case.

    Your "ServerLayout" section looks like this:

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection

    I think it should look like this
    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    Quote Originally Posted by Monsieur Gonzalez View Post
    In the KDM menu you can select the session you're starting (KDE, Gnome if you've installed it, and failsafe, or something like that, it might be different words, my menu is in spanish). That'll bring you to a console program and a very basic window manager.
    The problem is that I am not presented with a KDM menu where I can select the session in which to start the graphical interface. The dialog I get befor launching kde is a login interface, where I can choose under which account I will login.

    As for the xorg.conf, you can try to add the keyboard to the xorg.conf section. Make a backup first, just in case.
    I tried your modification, but it did not change much. When I press Alt-F2, I ghet the application launcher, but I still can't type anything into it. The mouse cursor remains fixed at the center of the monitor.

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    In KDE, you're presented with a greeter, KDM, and you should have the user/password thing, and then on the right bottom of the screen two options, session and menu, and then time and date. Otherwise, run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm' to make it your default greeter.

    As for the keyboard, you could try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-kbd'. Other than that, if you have a 9.04 cd around, you could try booting with it and taking a look at the xorg.conf and see if there're differences.

    Forgot to add that for changes to take place, you have to reboot the xserver (or the machine)
    Last edited by Monsieur Gonzalez; May 1st, 2009 at 01:59 PM. Reason: Add

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    Quote Originally Posted by Monsieur Gonzalez View Post
    In KDE, you're presented with a greeter, KDM, and you should have the user/password thing, and then on the right bottom of the screen two options, session and menu, and then time and date. Otherwise, run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm' to make it your default greeter.
    Ok, I got what you mean, and what I meant by the login interface is what you described. When I select the recovery option, or do the dpkg-reconfigure kdm thingy and go into the kdm mode, I'm instantly throw back to the same login interface. I have no other choice but to go via kde

    As for the keyboard, you could try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-input-kbd
    Tried it, but no changes.

    Other than that, if you have a 9.04 cd around, you could try booting with it and taking a look at the xorg.conf and see if there're differences.
    When I launch from the CD, the main differences are that sound works (nice), and that the keyboard input works (very nice). However, the touchpad is still not working.

    Here is the xorg.conf
    Code:
    # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
    # in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
    # here are ignored.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier	"Default Screen"
    	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
    	Device		"Configured Video Device"
    EndSection
    It looks omniously empty...

    Forgot to add that for changes to take place, you have to reboot the xserver (or the machine)
    I always reboot the machine, just to make sure

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    Ok, here's a follow-up:
    Since launching the 9.04 CD allowed me to at least have the keyboard, I went on to try to solve the touchpad issue. I found the following reference:

    i solved my non working touchpad by doing in terminal:
    modprobe -r psmouse
    modprobe psmouse proto=imps
    at this time the touchpad should be working
    and add: options psmouse proto=imps
    to: gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options
    Now my keyboard and touchpad are fully functional when I launch jaunty from the CD... But I would really like to have it working from my "upgraded"/"messed up" installation.

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    Ok, I completed a fresh install of Jaunty!

    Monsieur Gonzalez, thanks for the time and support, I appreciate a lot!

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    Re: Jaunty upgrade: no mouse or keyboard on kde, input fine on terminal

    All's well that ends well. You're welcome.

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