[arch-general] keyboard not working in Xorg after package updates

[Xavier Chantry]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:32 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net> wrote:
> I upgraded my extremely not-up-to-date server last night (523 packages
> upgraded).  The upgrade generally went well, except for one significant
> issue:  the keyboard is no longer working under Xorg.  It works fine in a
> command line tty though (i.e., ctrl-alt-F1).
>
> Not sure what the problem is, as it was working before the upgrade, and I'm
> fairly certain I've got all the relevant bits installed and loaded, such as:
>
> * evdev module loaded
> * dbus daemon running
> * hal daemon running
> * xf86-input-evdev package installed
> etc.
>
>
> Perhaps related:  I saw the following odd sequence of messages in the
> Xorg.0.log:
>
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
> (**) Power Button: always reports core events
> (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
> (II) Power Button: Found keys
> (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
> (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
> (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
> (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
> (**) Power Button: always reports core events
> (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
> (II) Power Button: Found keys
> (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
> (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
> (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
> (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
>
>
> Certainly sounds like that could be the cause, but I have no idea why that's
> happening or how to fix.
>
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>

Can you attach full Xorg log and config ?
And does it work with xf86-input-keyboard driver ?