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Old 03-27-2006, 10:47 AM   #1
frii
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Slackware 10.2 In Kde Keyboard Not Working


After run startx keyboard and mouse doesn't work anymore
My full Story!
Well .. It all begun when in my work boss gave me one PC to the home, where Slackware was already instaled And there was working keyboard and mouse.. So after when i brought it home keyboard and mouse doesn't work anymore! WTF ? .. I had file which i needed on this machine.. so I Runned Slax Live-CD i saved all my needed files!
I reinstaled Linux (1.st time ever instaling Linux) That was a Failure.. I went something wrong with cores.. Now i'm runing Bore.i or something like that.. already forgot.. still don't understand what is that ..
anyway
2.nd Time was succesful .. I configured xorgconf manualy automaticly no use.. When i run Startx keyboard and mouse not working ... But when i was running Slax eveything was ok!
So .. where could be my problem ? I tested 2 Keyboards.. Rrr...
How i know that Keyboard is not Running ? I almost smashed the keyboard no reaction on Screen .. and when i press CapsLock,NumLock those green lights don't turn on.. but while i'm in Console everything works just fine!

So Any Ideas what to do ?
 
Old 03-27-2006, 11:56 AM   #2
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Try once again to execute xorgconf as root. It sounds as if you have no keyboard section in your xorg.conf file or something like this. To check if your keyboard is working start the X server and hit CTRL+ALT+DEL, that should shut down the X server and bring you back to the command line. Or press CTRL+ESC or the left Windows key, this should bring up the menu in most window managers.

If this doesn't work I guess you won't get much usable information if you don't write here which type of keyboard and mouse (and how it is connected to the computer) you have.

EDIT: The content of your xorg.conf should provide more info, too. Please post it, if you don't get further with xorgconfig.

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Old 03-27-2006, 12:13 PM   #3
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KeyBoards doesn't work at all ...
I have Default Keyboard.. English key-map
Wheel Mouse Optical USB and PS/2 Compatible
Keyboard is conneted in that Purple port and mouse is in USB

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The content of your xorg.conf should provide more info, too. Please post it, if you don't get further with xorgconfig.
How do i get such information what is in that Xorg file ?

I'm so new in Linux More new than me in linux can't be!

Last edited by frii; 03-27-2006 at 12:15 PM.
 
Old 03-27-2006, 01:22 PM   #4
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You said you configured xorg automatically and manually -- I thought you had edited the config file by hand. The location of the file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You can also take a look in that file, it's commented very well. You should see many lines about the keyboard in there.
I think it's best to post your xorg.conf. I'm no expert about that but maybe some more eyes will have a look at that
 
Old 03-27-2006, 01:43 PM   #5
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ohh..
there are 2 ways how to config xorg Manualy xorgconfig and automaticly xorgsetup
I have no idea how to get that xorg fail to here.. i don't want to retype it from other screen ^^ it will take a time
Maybe someone has an idea what to do ?
And how can i look tgat Xorg file ? As i told i'm totaly new to Linux i don't know anything... My thought was to get known with Linux throught X not through console
 
Old 03-27-2006, 01:47 PM   #6
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That depends on how you can access it. If you have Slax running or any other live CD you can open up an terminal (looks like a little monitor, may be calles xterm, rxvt, konsole, console, terminal etc.) and type "less /etc/X11/xorg.conf", then use PgUp and PgDown to scroll and "q" to quit viewing it.

Sounds like suicide commando to do a clean linux install without knowing anything about it and without getting help to solve the problem when the system was set up right, so that keyboard and mouse had worked.
 
  


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