Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-05-01 Thread paivakil
Eric Rodriguez err...@gmail.com writes:

  running udevadm trigger as root made keyboard/touchpad responsive for me.

  until there's a fix, I just added that to the end of /etc/init.d/gdm

Now, there is some progress. Thanks for the info.  ;-D

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 16:48 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
 On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 04:27:08PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
  FWIW
  Not working: Trekker Wheel Mouse 2.0A PS/2 Compatible
 
 What testing have you done?

A long time ago I tried different things. People from the Debian
community helped me to try very exotic things.

 i.e. Does it work in another computer? Does another type of PS/2 mouse
 work in the problem computer?

Dunno.

 Does gpm work in console mode:
   a) With problem mouse?
   b) With good mouse?

Dunno.

I learned to use another mouse ;) and worked on tuning my Linuxes to
cause zero jitter for external MIDI. This is possible and I don't know
any modern OS excepted of Linux, where this is possible. Beside Linux
only old computers like the C64 and the Atari ST are able to provide
this, but those computers aren't multi task computers, so for the C64
for example, you can

SEI ;IRQ off

or do simple checks like

LDA HARDWARE_REGISTER
LSR
...
RTS

to get data directly from the interface.

You can't do this kind of hard real-time on modern computers.

Anyway, JACK2 has a nice option to enable hard MIDI real-time, since
some wizard(s) did a very good job.

I don't waste time with the mouse, I need the time to set up much more
important things.

IMO Linux is the best choice for my needs, but it cause a lot of
problems regarding to basics like the graphics and other hardware, e.g.
a simple old faithful mouse.

- Ralf



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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-30 Thread Jon Dowland
Do you have /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/event* files? If so, does the 'mice'
file change when you manipulate the mouse (as root, hd /dev/input/mice  and see
whether mouse movement causes output), and does one or more of the input files
change when you press keys (hd /dev/input/event1 ; test, then try 2, etc…)

If no to either question, then the issue is at some layer underneath X, the
input event subsystem. If yes, then there is an X configuration issue.


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-30 Thread Lisi
On Monday 30 April 2012 12:17:50 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 I don't waste time with the mouse, I need the time to set up much more
 important things.

 IMO Linux is the best choice for my needs, but it cause a lot of
 problems regarding to basics like the graphics and other hardware, e.g.
 a simple old faithful mouse.

 - Ralf

You seem to be continuing to discount completely the possibility that the 
mouse is faulty.  This is especially likely if it is old.

You really have no evidence at all, so far as I can see, for the FUD about 
Debian that you were disseminating.

Lisi


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 14:24 +0100, Lisi wrote:
 On Monday 30 April 2012 12:17:50 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
  I don't waste time with the mouse, I need the time to set up much more
  important things.
 
  IMO Linux is the best choice for my needs, but it cause a lot of
  problems regarding to basics like the graphics and other hardware, e.g.
  a simple old faithful mouse.
 
  - Ralf
 
 You seem to be continuing to discount completely the possibility that the 
 mouse is faulty.  This is especially likely if it is old.
 
 You really have no evidence at all, so far as I can see, for the FUD about 
 Debian that you were disseminating.
 
 Lisi

The mouse does work with old Debian and other Linuxes. Please let us
stop talking about my mouse. I guess the OP will get his mouse working.

Ralf


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-30 Thread Brian
On Mon 30 Apr 2012 at 20:24:47 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

 The mouse does work with old Debian and other Linuxes. Please let us
 stop talking about my mouse. I guess the OP will get his mouse working.

Isn't conversation about your mouse better being in the open. We'll
only talk about it behind your back otherwise. :)


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-30 Thread Eric Rodriguez
running udevadm trigger as root made keyboard/touchpad responsive for me.

until there's a fix, I just added that to the end of /etc/init.d/gdm


Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
 Or is my MoBo giving up?

No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard
still does work.

I've got an outdated Suse, some outdated Ubuntu, AVLinux aka Debian
stable, current Ubuntu and current Arch installed.

If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer
usage.

For the future expect much more serious issues, but that PS/2 issue.

Regards,
Ralf


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 13:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
  Or is my MoBo giving up?
 
 No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
TYPO:   ^^ after stable
 time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard
 still does work.
 
 I've got an outdated Suse, some outdated Ubuntu, AVLinux aka Debian
 stable, current Ubuntu and current Arch installed.
 
 If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
 more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer
 usage.
 
 For the future expect much more serious issues, but that PS/2 issue.
 
 Regards,
 Ralf

PS: I had Debian after stable installed too.


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-04-29 13:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

 On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
 Or is my MoBo giving up?

 No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
 time ago.

Unfortunately I did not know this, and my PS/2 keyboard and mouse
continue to work as they did in the past 14 years.

 If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
 more and more idiotic.

There are plenty other operating systems besides Linux.

 Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer usage.

Surely that perception is the reason why you are trolling on this list
rather than reporting a bug?

Cheers,
   Sven


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net writes:

  On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
 Or is my MoBo giving up?

  No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
  time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard

That is a nasty thing to do. Here, the dbloodsuckers/d hardware
vendors still palm off PS/2 input devices. PCs as recent as 1 year came
with PS/2 equipmen. 

Your reply has me so confused that I looked up wikipedia to ensure that
when I said PS/2 I reall meant what I intended. Yes, I did say what I
had in mind.

So, the real bug is with the decision to drop support for PS/2, which,
IMHO, is required at least for another 3 to 4 years. 

What has me confused is, why is the PS/2 keyboard still working on the
console mode then? And which xorg component supports PS/2 input? I did
go back to the xserver-xorg-input-evdev, x-x-i-kbd and x-x-i-mouse
packages from stable, but things did not work. (with PS/2 on X, that
is).

This USB keyboard is right-royal PITA, dunno whether the issue is with
this specific brand or with the USB interface, but there is too much lag
between keystrokes and characters appearing on the screen. I type real
fast - 40+ wpm on qwerty layout. 

  If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
  more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer
  usage.

  For the future expect much more serious issues, but that PS/2 issue.


Having to use non-Linux OSes at office confirms my suspicion that
GNU/Linux based distros are waay more user friendly. 

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 01:59:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
  Or is my MoBo giving up?

tl;dr

 No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
 time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard
 still does work.

Bollocks! My mouse and keyboard work fine.

Stop spreading FUD!

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz writes:


  Bollocks! My mouse and keyboard work fine.

  Stop spreading FUD!


Thanks to guys who confirmed that support for PS/2 is not dropped. 

So, my question - which package is likely to cause the problem? 

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 14:50 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
 On 2012-04-29 13:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 
  On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
  Or is my MoBo giving up?
 
  No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
  time ago.
 
 Unfortunately I did not know this, and my PS/2 keyboard and mouse
 continue to work as they did in the past 14 years.

Some hardware still does work, as I said, my keyboard still is ok.

  If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
  more and more idiotic.
 
 There are plenty other operating systems besides Linux.

No, there are not plenty OS that enable professional real-time usage for
audio.

  Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer usage.
 
 Surely that perception is the reason why you are trolling on this list
 rather than reporting a bug?

A lot of people report bugs, such as all the PA and nouveau issues, but
e.g. PA blames ALSA, downstream blames upstream etc. pp..

Regards,
Ralf

PS: Instead of calling me a troll, simply help the OP you troll.


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:59:38 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

 On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
 Or is my MoBo giving up?
 
 No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
 time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard
 still does work.

I must be doing some kind of mystic sorcery to make my PS/2 keyboard and 
my USB mouse (attached to an USB to PS/2 converter) working in my Lenny 
as well as Wheezy!
 
 If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
 more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer
 usage.

Then better search for an OS replacement. If you like Linux, there are 
some paid distributions that will be more than happy to have you as a 
client because bugs (filling and solving) are *a must* here (here → 
community driven projects).

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 29 April 2012 15:08:18 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 Some hardware still does work, as I said, my keyboard still is ok.

So your PS/2 mouse is dead.  Hardly unheard of.

Lisi


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 29 April 2012 15:08:18 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 PS: Instead of calling me a troll, simply help the OP you troll.

Where did Sven troll the OP?  Perhaps you could post a copy of the relevant 
email, since I have received no trolling of anyone from Sven.

Lisi


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:59:38 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:

 On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
  Or is my MoBo giving up?
 
 No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a
 long time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the
 keyboard still does work.
 
 I've got an outdated Suse, some outdated Ubuntu, AVLinux aka Debian
 stable, current Ubuntu and current Arch installed.
 
 If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
 more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer
 usage.
 
 For the future expect much more serious issues, but that PS/2 issue.
 
 Regards,
 Ralf
 

I have no problems with my PS/2 keyboard on neither stable or testing -
and if there is, one can always get one of these to extend the life of
it:

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/124184

/Andreas


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-04-29 16:22 +0200, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks to guys who confirmed that support for PS/2 is not dropped. 

 So, my question - which package is likely to cause the problem? 

I don't really see anything suspicious in your list.  Can you please
send the output of reportbug --template xserver-xorg ?  Preferably
with the PS/2 keyboard and mouse attached.

Cheers,
   Sven


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 18:27 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net writes:

   If there would be another OS, I would drop Linux, since things become
   more and more idiotic. Nobody cares about bugs, for serious computer
   usage.
 
   For the future expect much more serious issues, but that PS/2 issue.
 
 
 Having to use non-Linux OSes at office confirms my suspicion that
 GNU/Linux based distros are waay more user friendly. 

Agree! AFAIK there's no other OS capable of hard real-time for audio,
this btw. is also an issue for Linux but possible.

FWIW
Not working: Trekker Wheel Mouse 2.0A PS/2 Compatible
Working: Keyboard KWD-205


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 02:08 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
 On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 01:59:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
  On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote:
   Or is my MoBo giving up?
 
 tl;dr
 
  No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long
  time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard
  still does work.
 
 Bollocks! My mouse and keyboard work fine.
 
 Stop spreading FUD!
 

So please help the OP to get it working. It's working for some of you,
so if it isn't working for others, they spread FUD?


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 15:38 +0100, Lisi wrote:
 On Sunday 29 April 2012 15:08:18 Ralf Mardorf wrote:
  PS: Instead of calling me a troll, simply help the OP you troll.
 
 Where did Sven troll the OP?  Perhaps you could post a copy of the relevant 
 email, since I have received no trolling of anyone from Sven.
 
 Lisi

He called me a troll ;). He didn't help the OP.


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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Miles Bader
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de writes:
 No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a
 long time ago.

 Unfortunately I did not know this, and my PS/2 keyboard and mouse
 continue to work as they did in the past 14 years.

Hmm... at work I'm using the same PS/2 keyboard I've been using for
the past 14 years... with an up-to-date (sid) version of Debian.
Seems to work well.

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 07:07:30PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 So please help the OP to get it working. It's working for some of you,
 so if it isn't working for others, they spread FUD?

It is, when you say debian have dropped support for PS/2 keyboards and
mice.

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 04:27:08PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
 FWIW
 Not working: Trekker Wheel Mouse 2.0A PS/2 Compatible

What testing have you done?
i.e. Does it work in another computer? Does another type of PS/2 mouse
work in the problem computer?

Does gpm work in console mode:
a) With problem mouse?
b) With good mouse?

Once you have some idea where the problem is, then you can start fine
tuning your fault finding.

By using techniques like those, more often than not, you can solve the
problem yourself. 

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PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil

Hi.

The problem, in short - 

I run Experimental (sources.list has two blocks, one each for
debian-multimedia, and debian.org, with three lines each for
experimental, sid and testing).

After a upgrade last Sunday, my keyboard and mouse were not working on
X, but were working on console. I tried everything, including going back
(only X related stuff) to stable, but no avail.

Few minutes back, I gave up, and before starting on  a clean reinstall,
plugged in the spare USB mouse and USB keyboard, and things are working
back again. (in both X and console).

Nvidia chipset, GeForce 7025/nForce 630a graphics on board chipset,
MCP61 PCI chipset on Asus M2N68 AM plus Mobo. More hardware details at
bottom. 

The long story:-

These are the packages upgraded, whcih precipated the issue:-

from /var/log/aptitude

Aptitude 0.6.6: log report
Sun, Apr 22 2012 14:01:22 +0530

IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.

Will install 98 packages, and remove 2 packages.
4,227 kB of disk space will be freed
===
[REMOVE, NOT USED] defoma:amd64
[REMOVE, NOT USED] libfont-freetype-perl:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libhsqldb-java:amd64
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] xserver-xorg-input-evdev:amd64
[HOLD] xserver-xorg-input-kbd:amd64
[UPGRADE] apt:amd64 0.9.0~exp1 - 0.9.2
[UPGRADE] apt-utils:amd64 0.9.0~exp1 - 0.9.2
[UPGRADE] console-setup:amd64 1.75 - 1.76
[UPGRADE] console-setup-linux:amd64 1.75 - 1.76
[UPGRADE] cpp-4.6:amd64 4.6.3-3 - 4.6.3-4
[UPGRADE] cups-filters:amd64 1.0.16-1 - 1.0.16-2+b1
[UPGRADE] debhelper:amd64 9.20120410 - 9.20120419
[UPGRADE] fontconfig:amd64 2.8.0-3.1 - 2.9.0-1
[UPGRADE] fontconfig-config:amd64 2.8.0-3.1 - 2.9.0-1
[UPGRADE] g++-4.6:amd64 4.6.3-3 - 4.6.3-4
[UPGRADE] gcc-4.6:amd64 4.6.3-3 - 4.6.3-4
[UPGRADE] gcc-4.6-base:amd64 4.6.3-3 - 4.6.3-4
[UPGRADE] gir1.2-glib-2.0:amd64 1.32.0-1 - 1.32.1-1
[UPGRADE] gphoto2:amd64 2.4.11-2 - 2.4.14-1
[UPGRADE] grep:amd64 2.11-2 - 2.11-3
[UPGRADE] gsettings-desktop-schemas:amd64 3.4.1-1 - 3.4.1-2
[UPGRADE] hyphen-en-us:amd64 2.8.3-1 - 2.8.3-2
[UPGRADE] icedove:amd64 10.0.3-3 - 11.0-1
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