Quoting Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi,
> OK, I'll try again: > > Why does X disable the ps2 keyboard when there's no ps2 mouse? > > If and only if the ps2 mouse is plugged in at *boot* [1] will X give me > a > ps2 keyboard. Otherwise X will start perfectly but without keyboard > input. > In the meantime the console is just fine. Gpm is also able to use the > mouse. [2] > > The *grave* problem with that behaveour is that lacking a network one > has > to *powercycle* the machine. There's no other means. And endure the fs > check afterwards etc. > > Setup: > > * linux kernel 2.4.18 > * debian stable > * xfree 4.1 > * various i386 machines > > Can this problem be avoided? Why does X do this? > *t > > [1] Even before the OS boots > [2] One will *not* be able switch into the console though! Try this in the console after booting with the mouse not plugged: $ cat /dev/psaux If the keyboard stops working, you should check your kernel. I saw this problem a long time ago, but don't remember how it got fixed in the Conectiva kernel, but I believe there is a kernel build option for the broken motherboards that show this problem. > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Tomas Pospisek > SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions > http://sourcepole.ch > Elestastrasse 18, 7310 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland > Tel: +41 (81) 330 77 11 > ----------------------------------------------------------- Paulo _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
