[gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works

[gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works

[Albert Hopkins]

Suddenly my multimedia keys stopped working, I think today.  I went into
gnome-keyboard-properties, and it shows that my keyboard model is set to
"Unknown".  For a long time it has always been set to "Evdev managed
keyboard" but that isn't even on the list anymore.  The keyboard
shortcuts preferences no longer recognize these keys when pressed.

I can't see anything that I upgraded recenlty that could have changed
this.  I did update gnome-applets to 2.30.0 today, but downgrading back
to 2.28 didn't bring the evdev model back.

Anyone else experience this or have a clue as to what could have
changed?

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 13 July 2010 02:04:32 Albert Hopkins wrote:
> Suddenly my multimedia keys stopped working, I think today.  I went into
> gnome-keyboard-properties, and it shows that my keyboard model is set to
> "Unknown".  For a long time it has always been set to "Evdev managed
> keyboard" but that isn't even on the list anymore.  The keyboard
> shortcuts preferences no longer recognize these keys when pressed.
> 
> I can't see anything that I upgraded recenlty that could have changed
> this.  I did update gnome-applets to 2.30.0 today, but downgrading back
> to 2.28 didn't bring the evdev model back.
> 
> Anyone else experience this or have a clue as to what could have
> changed?

I think I just emerged a new evdev driver and a bunch of X related packages on 
two boxen over here.  Could it be related to those?

Have a look at genlop, or manually trawl through your /var/log/emerge.
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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works

[Albert Hopkins]

On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 23:11 +0100, Mick wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 July 2010 02:04:32 Albert Hopkins wrote:
> > Suddenly my multimedia keys stopped working, I think today.  I went into
> > gnome-keyboard-properties, and it shows that my keyboard model is set to
> > "Unknown".  For a long time it has always been set to "Evdev managed
> > keyboard" but that isn't even on the list anymore.  The keyboard
> > shortcuts preferences no longer recognize these keys when pressed.
> > 
> > I can't see anything that I upgraded recenlty that could have changed
> > this.  I did update gnome-applets to 2.30.0 today, but downgrading back
> > to 2.28 didn't bring the evdev model back.
> > 
> > Anyone else experience this or have a clue as to what could have
> > changed?
> 
> I think I just emerged a new evdev driver and a bunch of X related packages on 
> two boxen over here.  Could it be related to those?
> 
> Have a look at genlop, or manually trawl through your /var/log/emerge.

Not really sure what's going on now...

I just restored my entire machine from backup from over a week ago when
I *know* it was working, and... it still doesn't work.  So perhaps
something is going on with the hardware

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [UPDATE]

[Albert Hopkins]

On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 23:03 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 23:11 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 July 2010 02:04:32 Albert Hopkins wrote:
> > > Suddenly my multimedia keys stopped working, I think today.  I went into
> > > gnome-keyboard-properties, and it shows that my keyboard model is set to
> > > "Unknown".  For a long time it has always been set to "Evdev managed
> > > keyboard" but that isn't even on the list anymore.  The keyboard
> > > shortcuts preferences no longer recognize these keys when pressed.
> > > 
> > > I can't see anything that I upgraded recenlty that could have changed
> > > this.  I did update gnome-applets to 2.30.0 today, but downgrading back
> > > to 2.28 didn't bring the evdev model back.
> > > 
> > > Anyone else experience this or have a clue as to what could have
> > > changed?
> > 
> > I think I just emerged a new evdev driver and a bunch of X related packages on 
> > two boxen over here.  Could it be related to those?
> > 
> > Have a look at genlop, or manually trawl through your /var/log/emerge.
> 
> Not really sure what's going on now...
> 
> I just restored my entire machine from backup from over a week ago when
> I *know* it was working, and... it still doesn't work.  So perhaps
> something is going on with the hardware

In case anyone is listening, I did plug in an external keyboard (it's a
laptop) and the extra keys on the external seem to work fine.  So this
evidence also leads me to believe that something happened hardware-wise,
though I have no idea what it could be :|

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 13.07.2010 03:04, schrieb Albert Hopkins:
> Suddenly my multimedia keys stopped working, I think today.  I went into
> gnome-keyboard-properties, and it shows that my keyboard model is set to
> "Unknown".  For a long time it has always been set to "Evdev managed
> keyboard" but that isn't even on the list anymore.  The keyboard
> shortcuts preferences no longer recognize these keys when pressed.
> 
> I can't see anything that I upgraded recenlty that could have changed
> this.  I did update gnome-applets to 2.30.0 today, but downgrading back
> to 2.28 didn't bring the evdev model back.
> 
> Anyone else experience this or have a clue as to what could have
> changed?
> 

What version is your xorg-server package and your evdev input device?
What use flags are set?


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Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [UPDATE]

[Albert Hopkins]

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 07:01 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
> In case anyone is listening, I did plug in an external keyboard (it's
> a
> laptop) and the extra keys on the external seem to work fine.  So this
> evidence also leads me to believe that something happened
> hardware-wise,
> though I have no idea what it could be :| 

Well, I installed Windows 7 on the machine and the same keys that don't
work with Gentoo now also didn't work with Windows.  So it looks to be a
hardware issue.  But it's really weird.. physically I see nothing wrong
with the keys.  ThinkAdvantage button still works during POST but not
when an OS is running.  The Fn keys no longer work nor do the
volume/mute keys.  But the play/pause buttons do.

I guess I'll be taking it to get repaired.

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [UPDATE]

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 07:01 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
>> In case anyone is listening, I did plug in an external keyboard (it's
>> a
>> laptop) and the extra keys on the external seem to work fine.  So this
>> evidence also leads me to believe that something happened
>> hardware-wise,
>> though I have no idea what it could be :|
>
> Well, I installed Windows 7 on the machine and the same keys that don't
> work with Gentoo now also didn't work with Windows.  So it looks to be a
> hardware issue.  But it's really weird.. physically I see nothing wrong
> with the keys.  ThinkAdvantage button still works during POST but not
> when an OS is running.  The Fn keys no longer work nor do the
> volume/mute keys.  But the play/pause buttons do.
>
> I guess I'll be taking it to get repaired.

Have you completely powered down the machine and replugged the
keyboard? Sometimes hardware gets stuck in an unknown state.

Just an idea.

- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [UPDATE]

[Albert Hopkins]

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 19:03 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Have you completely powered down the machine and replugged the
> keyboard? Sometimes hardware gets stuck in an unknown state.
> 
> Just an idea. 

It's a laptop, so plugging out the keyboard may be a challenge for me :P

But yeah, the machine has been completely powered down several times.  I
might try pulling the battery though.

-a

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [SOLVED]

[Albert Hopkins]

On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 06:09 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 19:03 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Have you completely powered down the machine and replugged the
> > keyboard? Sometimes hardware gets stuck in an unknown state.
> > 
> > Just an idea. 
> 
> It's a laptop, so plugging out the keyboard may be a challenge for me :P
> 
> But yeah, the machine has been completely powered down several times.  I
> might try pulling the battery though.

Well, I don't believe it but plugging out the battery for a few secs and
plugging it back in fixed it (with the system shut down).  Thanks for
the tip Mark. :)

-a

Re: [gentoo-user] Evdev keyboard no longer works [SOLVED]

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 06:09 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 19:03 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> > Have you completely powered down the machine and replugged the
>> > keyboard? Sometimes hardware gets stuck in an unknown state.
>> >
>> > Just an idea.
>>
>> It's a laptop, so plugging out the keyboard may be a challenge for me :P
>>
>> But yeah, the machine has been completely powered down several times.  I
>> might try pulling the battery though.
>
> Well, I don't believe it but plugging out the battery for a few secs and
> plugging it back in fixed it (with the system shut down).  Thanks for
> the tip Mark. :)
>
> -a

Hey - glad it worked Albert!

Cheers,
Mark