KDE totally borked

After several attempts to install nvidia support, I was finally successful.
However, when I rebooted, I had lost my X keyboard. The console worked
OK, but from the moment the KDM login screen appeared, I had NO keyboard.

I performed a system repair from the CDs. Rebooted - nothing. I performed
a complete update from the CDs. rebooted, and - same story. My X
installation has been completely destroyed. Nice work. There is NO man
documentation for the kdm process, so I have no idea how to track this
problem down.

Has anyone seem this problem before?

lists@pbw.id.au adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> After several attempts to install nvidia support, I was finally
> successful.
> However, when I rebooted, I had lost my X keyboard. The console
> worked
> OK, but from the moment the KDM login screen appeared, I had NO
> keyboard.
>
> I performed a system repair from the CDs. Rebooted - nothing. I
> performed
> a complete update from the CDs. rebooted, and - same story. My X
> installation has been completely destroyed. Nice work. There is NO
> man documentation for the kdm process, so I have no idea how to track
> this problem down.
>
> Has anyone seem this problem before?

Can you post your:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

and your

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.saxsave

Just the first part up to and including the:

Section "inputDevice"

for the mouse please, so that we can see the diffs.

HTH
--
Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

baskitcaise wrote:
> lists@pbw.id.au adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:
>
>> After several attempts to install nvidia support, I was finally
>> successful.
>> However, when I rebooted, I had lost my X keyboard. The console
>> worked
>> OK, but from the moment the KDM login screen appeared, I had NO
>> keyboard.
>>
>> I performed a system repair from the CDs. Rebooted - nothing. I
>> performed
>> a complete update from the CDs. rebooted, and - same story. My X
>> installation has been completely destroyed. Nice work. There is NO
>> man documentation for the kdm process, so I have no idea how to track
>> this problem down.
>>
>> Has anyone seem this problem before?
>
> Can you post your:
>
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> and your
>
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.saxsave
>
> Just the first part up to and including the:
>
> Section "inputDevice"
>
> for the mouse please, so that we can see the diffs.
>
> HTH

Sorry, too late. I did a complete re-install with Gnome. I was feeling
more than a little frazzled at the time, so, much as I would like to
have tracked it down, I charged on. A day an a half, and a failed
backup later, I'm back on line.

I can't recall whether I checked the xorg.conf file or not. I may well
not have. By setting my password to null, I was able to get past the
login screen, and I pulled up the keyboard configuration, which appeared
normal.

If I had to place a bet, I would look for something in the KDE keyboard
configuration. As I recall, option changes you specify in there do not
get reflected in the xorg.conf file. If I am correct, then KDE
overrides the xorg.conf XKB settings. If kdm participates in this, it
might explain why the keyboard disappears for kdm, and remains invisible
to kde.

XDM is one of the outstanding obscure user interfaces of all time, and
stands in desperate need of a total rewrite. It's a wonderful piece of
work, and it rescued the X11 keyboard, but it is utterly impenetrable to
the user who wants to modify their keyboard.

Peter