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3rensho 05-11-2017 01:18 AM

No mouse after update
 
Running slack64-current with AlienBob's KDE-5 (latest update as of 4.5.17). After installing the latest Slackware update (from 9.5.17) and rebooting after a shutdown when I start the plasma desktop it starts normally and I get to the initial screen but I have no mouse - just a thin vertical line where the arrow should be and it won't move with the mouse. I reinstalled AlienBob's latest plasma update thinking that maybe something got stepped on during the update but no joy. I rebuilt X11 and installed it - no joy. Rebuilt the Nvidia driver (375.66) still no joy. If I start plasma logged in as root I see the normal arrow for the mouse but it doesn't move either. Ran package tool and reinstalled the mouse - no joy. I am now out of ideas about what to try next. Can anyone make some suggestions on resolving this? Thanks in advance.

willysr 05-11-2017 01:29 AM

please check whether you have libinput and xf86-input-libinput package from slackware?

3rensho 05-11-2017 03:33 AM

Thanks for the quick response Willy. Both packages were there but I reinstalled them anyway. Now when I start x it starts and then quits with the message - could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "xcb".

willysr 05-11-2017 05:54 AM

you are missing libxkbcommon from AlienBOB's repository, which is part of Qt5's dependency

3rensho 05-11-2017 06:51 AM

I downloaded a fresh copy and (re)installed it. No change. Even reinstalled his Qt5 package.

willysr 05-11-2017 07:11 AM

Did you got the same error?
His Qt5 has libinput and libxkbcommon as dependencies

3rensho 05-11-2017 07:43 AM

Yes, same error. libinput and libxkbcommon were reinstalled but no joy. Had a look at the log file in /var/log and see -

[ 3089.347] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 3089.347] (II) Unloading libinput
[ 3089.347] (EE) Failed to load module "libinput" (loader failed, 7)
[ 3089.347] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Speakup (/dev/input/event0)
[ 3089.347] (**) Speakup: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 3089.347] (**) Speakup: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 3089.347] (**) Speakup: Applying InputClass "keyboard-all"
[ 3089.347] (**) Speakup: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 3089.347] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[ 3089.347] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[ 3089.347] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so: libwacom.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[ 3089.347] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 3089.347] (II) Unloading libinput
[ 3089.347] (EE) Failed to load module "libinput" (loader failed, 7)
[ 3089.347] (EE) No input driver matching `libinput'
[ 3089.347] (II) Falling back to input driver `libinput'
[ 3089.347] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[ 3089.347] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[ 3089.347] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so: libwacom.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[ 3089.347] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 3089.347] (II) Unloading libinput
[ 3089.347] (EE) Failed to load module "libinput" (loader failed, 7)
[ 3090.030] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Deleting GPU-0
[ 3090.048] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

Which looks like it is a libinput problem.

bassmadrigal 05-11-2017 07:46 AM

It says it is missing libwacom.so.2. If you use https://packages.slackware.com and change the mode to content, it will allow you to search packages for that filename. It is part of the libwacom package, so I would ensure you have that installed.

And what "fresh copy" are you downloading? It might help find the cause of your issue.

3rensho 05-11-2017 08:40 AM

Thank you bassmadrigal. That was indeed it. Have no idea how it could disappear as everything was working swimmingly prior to that upgrade. I was going cross eyed looking for causes and completely missed that log entry. Thank you too Willy for your support.

willysr 05-11-2017 10:01 AM

ah, libwacom and libinput was added to Slackware-current, so i had an assumption that you have it on your system.

3rensho 05-12-2017 12:00 AM

Hi Willy,

It had been on my system as everything ran just fine until that update. Then libwacom just seemed to vanish. Must be a poltergeist lurking somewhere. Thanks again for your help.


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