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[gentoo-user] Keyboard not working as user, works as root (kde)

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Zeerak Waseem

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Nov 22, 2009, 5:10:01 PM11/22/09
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Hey,

I did an update lat night and my keyboard stopped working. What makes me
wonder though is that if x starts on it's own then i can type my password
and i get in, and then the keyboard stops working. If i change to another
tty and start x as root, there are no such issues (also starting x as user
from tty doesn't do anything about the keyboard not working).

These are the packages the update pulled in:

x11-libs/libX11-1.3.2
11-libs/libvdpau-0.3
app-admin/eselect-1.2.8
www-client/opera-10.10_pre4742

I tried downgrading to a stable build of libX11 but that didn't seem to
change anything.

I'm using a laptop and don't have an extern keyboard at hand to test. What
does more to boggle me is that the touchpad is functioning as it should.

Help?
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Zeerak

Alan McKinnon

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Nov 22, 2009, 7:10:01 PM11/22/09
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Do you have consolekit in USE?
If so, is it configured properly?

There's an elog about it, it displays when you emerge the
relevant X package

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Zeerak Waseem

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Nov 22, 2009, 7:20:02 PM11/22/09
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I do have consolekit as a useflag (default on profile it seems), but I'm
not sure where to configure it, and what will a working configuration look
like?

(and thanks for the confirmation Dale :-) )

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Alan McKinnon

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Nov 23, 2009, 3:10:01 AM11/23/09
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On Monday 23 November 2009 00:31:41 Zeerak Waseem wrote:
> > Do you have consolekit in USE?
> > If so, is it configured properly?
> >
> > There's an elog about it, it displays when you emerge the
> > relevant X package
>
> I do have consolekit as a useflag (default on profile it seems),
but I'm
> not sure where to configure it, and what will a working
configuration
> look like?
>

Actually, consolekit is the worng thing (I was confused with other
mails elsewhere). Your problem is probably hal related. You have
two options:

- read the masses of info already on the intartubes discoverable
via Google
- listen to Dale when he invariably chips in about hal.

Dale

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Nov 23, 2009, 3:30:02 AM11/23/09
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Say what? Me, chip in on hal? I want to bury the thing. Phooey on
chipping in.

If it is hal, put this in package.use

x11-base/xorg-server -hal

After that, re-emerge xorg-server and it's little friends if needed.
Make sure you still have your old faithful xorg.conf file in place.
Restart X and hope it is working again.

To think I would chip in on hal. Phh! lol

Dale

:-) :-)

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