Hi, Unfortunately, I can't deliver the required information as I was on a tight schedule and decided it best to do a fresh sarge install. Sorry :(. The sarge X works fine though, so I'm guessing this was a regression somewhere between the sarge and sid versions of X. Also, this wasn't on a Mac, this was on i386. I'll make sure to use "reportbug" next time. :)
Apologies and thanks for all the great work, Harry. On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:59:29 -0500, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tag 266568 + moreinfo help > retitle 266568 xserver-xfree86: [keyboard] AT keyboard not working through > PS/2 adapter > thanks > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 10:06:55PM +1200, Harry Nicholls wrote: > > Package: xserver-xfree86 > > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 > > > > I have a PS/2 keyboard connected to my PC through a PS/2 to AT adaptor. > > Until last night, it worked perfectly under Xfree86 on Sid (i386). After > > updating to the latest packages it doesn't respond. Everything is fine > > with a console login, but for some reason X just doesn't want to > > recognise it. The only possibly notable line in the log was "Generic > > Keyboard using legacy driver" or something along those lines. > > > > It may also be of note that an Apple USB keyboard works, but doesn't work > > when plugged in at the same time as the PS/2 keyboard. The problem can be > > replicated with kernels 2.4.26-k6 and 2.4.27-k6. > > Thanks for your report. > > I'll address the second part first; as far as I know, X is not designed to > handle multiple core keyboards. They XFree86 "keyboard" driver in > particular is not designed for it. It's my understanding that one of the > motivations behind the new "kbd" driver is to address that. > > As for the first part, it would be useful to know some more information > about your system. The following is a form letter that attempts to > patiently request this information. :) > > Also, please note that I only have convenient access to PowerMacs, so I am > not in a good position to troubleshoot this matter myself. Perhaps one of > the people from debian-x can help. There are many PC users there. :) > > [The following is a form letter.] > > Dear bug submitter, > > Since the XFree86 X server is a large and complex piece of software, some > more information is required of you before this bug can be handled. Please > run the following commands from a shell prompt to gather and deliver this > information to us: > > $ /usr/share/bug/xserver-xfree86 > /tmp/output 3>&1 > $ mailx -s "Re: Bug#BUGNUMBER" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /tmp/output > > If you do not have a "mailx" command on your system, you can get it by > installing the "mailx" Debian package; for example, with the "aptitude > install mailx" or "apt-get install mailx" commands as root. Alternatively, > you can also use a mail command that is compatible with mailx's > command-line syntax, such as "mutt". > > One very good way to file bugs with the Debian Bug Tracking System is to > use the "reportbug" package and command of the same name. The reportbug > program does a lot of automatic information-gathering that helps package > maintainers to understand your system configuration, and also ensures that > your message to the Debian Bug Tracking System is well-formed so that it is > processed correctly by the automated tools that manage the reports. (If > you've ever gotten a "bounce" message from the Debian Bug Tracking System > that tells you your message couldn't be processed, you might appreciate > this latter feature.) > > Therefore, I strongly urge you to give "reportbug" a try as your primary > bug reporting tool for the Debian System in the future. > > If you *did* use reportbug to file your report, then you're receiving this > message because the information we expected to see was not present. > > If you deliberately deleted this information from the report, please don't > do that in the future, even if it seems like it makes the mail too large. > 50 kB (kilobytes) of configuration and log data is typical. Only if the > included information greatly exceeds this amount (more than 100 kB) should > you consider omitting it; instead, put it up on the World Wide Web > somewhere and provide URLs to it in your report, or in subsequent followup > by mailing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Thank you! > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | A celibate clergy is an especially > Debian GNU/Linux | good idea, because it tends to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | suppress any hereditary propensity > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | toward fanaticism. -- Carl Sagan > > >
