[Q] Keyboard does not respond from the console

[jeremy at itassist.net.au]

>> I'm pretty sure it was the Xservers fault, because when I downgraded
>> everything worked again. 
>> 
>> I think you will find if you repeatedly hammer Ctrl+Alt+F1 during the
>> boot sequence you will end up in a vterm where you can type normally.
>> If this is the case, take the opportunity to do something about your
>> version of X.
> 
> I've had the keyboard locked problem too, however I observed that it
> only happened when my mouse wasn't plugged in.  So I guess it's
> logical that it should be gpm's fault, but I never made the
> connection.
> 

In that case I guess we had different problems, because my mouse was
plugged in and operating fine.  Only the keyboard stopped working, and
that was after X started.

I always disable GPM - I never have a use for it on my desktop, so I
don't think it was that.

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