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static_k
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 Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: [Solved]Dell USB keyboard causes X to crash |
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Hi Everyone,
I have a problem with my Dell USB keyboard. It's the SK-8135 model with the special multimedia keys. When I boot up into X everything is fine with the keyboard until I touch one of those special keys. Once I touch one of those keys the screen goes blank and X crashes.
This is the tail end of my Xorg.0.log:
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Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4eb386]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x39) [0x47f4f9]
2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7fa0ce2e63a0]
3: /usr/bin/X [0x45d7d2]
4: /usr/bin/X(GetKeyboardValuatorEvents+0x362) [0x45dd72]
5: /usr/bin/X(GetKeyboardEvents+0x17) [0x45de57]
6: /usr/bin/X(xf86PostKeyboardEvent+0x6f) [0x493aaf]
7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so [0x7fa0bb27b9df]
8: /usr/bin/X [0x47f5e5]
9: /usr/bin/X [0x472838]
10: /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0x7fa0d0396df0]
11: /lib/libc.so.6(__select+0x13) [0x7fa0ce37dbb3]
12: /usr/bin/X(WaitForSomething+0x1cb) [0x4e92eb]
13: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0xa0) [0x44b090]
14: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3aa) [0x43139a]
15: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7fa0ce2d2a26]
16: /usr/bin/X [0x430839]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
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Here is the keyboard info in /proc/bus/input/devices:
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I: Bus=0003 Vendor=413c Product=2010 Version=0110
N: Name="Dell Dell USB Keyboard"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2.1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4.2/1-4.2.1/1-4.2.1:1.0/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event7
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=1000000000007 ff9f207ac14057ff febeffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=1f
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=413c Product=2010 Version=0110
N: Name="Dell Dell USB Keyboard"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2.1/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4.2/1-4.2.1/1-4.2.1:1.1/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event8
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=3878c8015001 e000000000000 0
B: ABS=100000000
B: MSC=10
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dmesg |grep Dell
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[ 4.252120] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4.2/1-4.2.1/1-4.2.1:1.0/input/input7
[ 4.252474] generic-usb 0003:413C:2010.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2.1/input0
[ 4.254556] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4.2/1-4.2.1/1-4.2.1:1.1/input/input8
[ 4.254887] generic-usb 0003:413C:2010.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-4.2.1/input1
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I'm a bit at a loss and I don't know what to start checking.
Thanks for any help.
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static_k
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Any ideas?
Should I post this in a different forum, maybe desktop environments? |
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APolozov
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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You have 64bit system? If "yes" then it's bug of Xorg, undepended from models of keyboard.
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static_k
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry for the delay.
Yes I do have a 64-bit system. Do you have a bug reference, so that I can follow it?
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Zwartoog
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A reference would have been nice indeed...
I have the same problem. Upgrading to xorg-server 1.7.5 seems to solve it.
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Can you post this static_k :
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# emerge --info
# rc-update show
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antivirus
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:34 am Post subject: usb keyboard |
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Is it fairly common for there to be an issue when using special keys on a USB keyboard? I'm not sure why the special keys would work differently between that and a PS/2 but I suppose it could...
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Zwartoog
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Not sure, I have only 1 experience (basically I try to avoid special-key keyboards, including the win-keys, but that is impossible now ;P). However, I have an USB/PS2 converter, so I can test your theory (hopefully somewhere next week).
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Zwartoog
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:11 am Post subject: |
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I attempted to connect an USB keyboard to a PS/2 port using a converter. Unfortunately, the BIOS did not even recognize the keyboard, so I have not been able to test this out 
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static_k
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| Zwartoog wrote: | A reference would have been nice indeed...
I have the same problem. Upgrading to xorg-server 1.7.5 seems to solve it. |
Upgrading to xorg-server 1.7.6 resolved the issue for me. Special keys work fine and X doesn't crash anymore when they are used.  |
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