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 Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:05 am Post subject: Keyboard issues - works for root, not user [SOLVED] |
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A couple hours ago I (against my better judgement) emerged kdebase-meta and kdebase-startkde. And something "funny" happened.
Now I can't use my alt-gr any more. Nor the windows key or the menu key (or windows menu... dunno how it's called). I can't even use Ctrl-Alt-FN for VT switching. Apparently this is not limited to X as alt-gr refuses to work outside it. VT switching however works fine outside X. I tried some things as ... changing and rechanging the XkbLayout option in xorg.conf, editing /etc/conf.d/keymaps (windowkeys="yes"), changing my locale settings...
This is getting annoying and as much as I'd like to blame KDE... I don't think it's its fault.
*edit* I also just noticed my locale gets reset after every reboot from
sl_SI.UTF-8 to POSIX
*edit2* all works fine for root... just every user seems to be borked.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Bumperstickers are nice to have around when needed.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Heyho, seems like i have the same problem, can't use my
(altgr)-Button (and those shiny brackets, of course :7 ) anymore.
Strange stuff, could this be an issue with those xorg-server-1.4 updates i did yesterday?
There were some keyboard related updates, too (-> x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.1).
Uh, my keyboard leds don't work anymore? Wtf? Anyone else got these kind of problems?
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I've found several errors regarding ABI changes in my xorg logfile, did you also check that?
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hi!
Same here! Alt Gr, Ctrl + Alt + FN and Windows-Keys are not working anymore. 
Found this line in /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
| Code: | | (WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap |
Could that be the problem? |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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After i recompiled my input drivers (yeah, that xorg-server-1.4 ABI change issue, remember?),
my brackets are "back".
Check the output of
| Code: | | equery l xf86-input |
and rebuild those packets.
Well, [[[]]]]]]][][[][][][][[][][][][][], but i my
keyboard leds are still dead. Strange.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I will try to recompile this package...
Keyboard-LEDs don't work for me either but this seems to be another bug:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-581633-highlight-caps+led.html
EDIT: Recompiled x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard - no change
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know is this related to your problems anyhow, but once I had that kind of KB-problems it was because my /var/tmp didn't have correct permissions anymore which should be 1777.
But it was because I moved the system to another HD with cp -a and didn't correct the permissions.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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All nice and dandy but...
I didn't touch my xorg. And if I log into X with root all my keys work fine. Including VT switching. So I don't think it's a keymap issue, or driver issue. I'm almost willing to bet one of the packages I emerged with kdebase-meta fucked up some permisions.
Things that got emerged between working keyboard and non-working keyboard:
| Code: | [ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebase-pam-7 0 kB
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdepasswd-3.5.7-r1
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kwin-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kreadconfig-3.5.6
[ebuild N ] kde-base/ksmserver-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/ksplashml-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kpersonalizer-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.10.1
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebugdialog-3.5.6
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kscreensaver-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/klipper-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/ksystraycmd-3.5.5
[ebuild N ] kde-base/ktip-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/knetattach-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kstart-3.5.6
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kxkb-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kappfinder-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kate-3.5.7-r1
[ebuild N ] kde-base/nsplugins-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] app-text/psutils-1.17
[ebuild N ] app-text/enscript-1.6.4-r3
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdcop-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kpager-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kmenuedit-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] x11-apps/xsetroot-1.0.1
[ebuild N ] sys-devel/gdb-6.6-r2
[ebuild N ] kde-base/konsole-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kcheckpass-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/ksysguard-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdeprint-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/drkonqi-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdesktop-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdm-3.5.7-r2
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.7
[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebase-meta-3.5.7 |
*edit* Weeeeee.... same here it seems:
| Code: | # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep XKB
(WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap |
(had to copy/paste that pipe from IRC - that's how annoying this thing is)
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Well even if I login as root my keyboard doesn't work
Checked permissions - everything ok. |
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labba
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, finally solved this. This got me to the right point: http://www.freebsd.de/archive/de-bsd-questions/de-bsd-questions.200707/0071.html (german, sorry)
Just did
| Code: | | ln -s /var/lib/xkb /usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled |
and everything is fine again (keyboard works, no more warnings in xorg.log). But I really wonder WHY this happend and WHICH package caused this mess... |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't do me any good 
For roots xorg:
| Code: | # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep XKB
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Users xorg still shows that error.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Does the symlink I mentioned above exist on your system? Maybe it's a permission problem with this link / directory... |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Well... aside from /var/lib/xkb/xkb pointing to /var/lib/xkb all seems fine:
| Code: | ls -alh /var/lib/xkb
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 26 19:42 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.0K Sep 25 05:28 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 26 03:32 .keep_x11-apps_xkbcomp-0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 644 Feb 19 2007 README.compiled
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 26 19:28 xkb -> /var/lib/xkb |
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Btw. i had to restart all my applications to get my keys working again.
I also had to completly restart several programs like konsole, because
even after restarting kdm those restarted konsole/konqueror
sessions had the old "i don't know your alt-gr"-behavior.
Strange again. But well, what do i know 
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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I rebooted a number of times since the start of this thread...
facts so far:
My xorg.conf is good since everything works of I log into X as root
My keymaps are good too... for the same reason
Another strange thing - running startx -- :1 as user from within X hangs. Running startx -- :1 as root from that same X session works fine.
I'm really getting desperate here. I must've tried pretty much any suggestion in these forums so far.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I went a tad out of my way an ran xmodmap -px while logged into X as user and then as root:
xmodmap outputs for both
Since they were different I did | Code: | | # xmodmap -pke >> .Xmodmap |
from within the root X, chowned the file to my user and moved it to my users home. Thus basicaly creating a custom xmodmap that is exactly the same as roots. Meaning it should work. It, howeer, still refuses to work. I'm not really sure how to load it but... | Code: | | $ xmodmap /home/user/.Xmodmap |
doesn't change a single thing. VT switching still refuses to work, Alt-gr refuses to work, xmodmap -pk output is, however, the same as it's produced for root (which, for root, works). WTF am I missing here? I'm starting to feel like a windows n00b that never heard of ctrl-alt-del...
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OMG now alt ceased to work too... this is scaring me. Still works for root tho
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Rebuilt xkbcomp, xkeyboard-config, xorg-server, xf86-input-evdev in that order, now it works again.
Previously I couldn't log into X anymore, probably because of a wrong keymaping (couldn't type PW correctly, I assume). |
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Thanks - I was pulling my hair out over this as I had by ill chance just connected a new keyboard and thought this was the source of the problem.
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| BashOrk wrote: | Rebuilt xkbcomp, xkeyboard-config, xorg-server, xf86-input-evdev in that order, now it works again.
Previously I couldn't log into X anymore, probably because of a wrong keymaping (couldn't type PW correctly, I assume). |
Thanks, this one helped.
Here these issues started to happen after upgrade of xkeyboard-config from 0.9 to 1.1, now everything is fine  . |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Pithlit wrote: |
| Code: | # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep XKB
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Excuse me, but wouldn't
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grep XKB /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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be simpler and more effective?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Definitely chalex20. But this doesn't help here |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| BashOrk wrote: | Rebuilt xkbcomp, xkeyboard-config, xorg-server, xf86-input-evdev in that order, now it works again.
Previously I couldn't log into X anymore, probably because of a wrong keymaping (couldn't type PW correctly, I assume). |
Thanks. I ll give it a shot. 
Can you tell me which version of xkeyboard-config are you using? |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Fixed.
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