Typing problem (as opposed to a keyboard problem)

Owen Williams williams at dmu.ac.uk
Mon Mar 12 04:00:56 PDT 2007 

Hello,
  I've been suffering a problem the last few days.  I rebooted my
machine last Thursday.  Ever since in X I can't type any letters,
numbers or symbols using the main part of my bog standard 105 key
keyboard.  The keypad work in both modes.  Caps Locks, Control, Shift,
the 'Windows' key, Alt etc all work.  I can't type my login into GDM.  I
can't type into xterms or Text Edit.  I've tried at GDM, in Gnome and in
TWM all with the same results.  I'm sure it's X that is the problem.
Everything works fine from the command line outside of X.

xev shows events for the mouse and the working keys but not for the main
letters, numbers or symbols.

It's like it is in a keypad mode.  I've tried all sorts, including
taking my KVM out of the equation.  To no avail.

Any ideas?

This is my xorg.conf which basically hasn't change since the install of
FC6:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "gb"
        Option      "CustomKeycodes" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        #HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
        #VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "i810"
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050"
"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

The log is a little long but I could include it if someone thinks I
should.

These are my xorg packages:

xorg-x11-server-utils-7.1-4.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion-1.4.1-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-penmount-1.1.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-cirrus-1.1.0-2.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-aiptek-1.0.1-2
xorg-x11-drv-vga-4.1.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-glint-1.1.1-4.1
xorg-x11-drv-chips-1.1.1-2.1
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-7.1-2
xorg-x11-docs-1.2-4.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-1.fc6
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-47.fc6
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.1-2.1
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.1-2
xorg-x11-drv-spaceorb-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-summa-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-acecad-1.1.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-joystick-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.2.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-calcomp-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-tseng-1.1.0-3.1
xorg-x11-filesystem-7.1-2.fc6
xorg-x11-fonts-base-7.1-2
xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-3.1
xorg-x11-drv-void-1.1.0-3.1
xorg-x11-drv-microtouch-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-fpit-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-sis-0.9.1-7
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-10.13.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-elographics-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-digitaledge-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-magellan-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-nv-1.2.0-4.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-i128-1.2.0-4
xorg-x11-drv-citron-2.2.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-1.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-s3virge-1.9.1-2.1
xorg-x11-twm-1.0.1-3.1
xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.1-2
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.1-2
xorg-x11-util-macros-1.0.2-4.fc6
xorg-x11-xtrans-devel-1.0.1-1.1.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-s3-0.5.0-1.fc6
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-1.0.2-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.1.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-1.1.2-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.1.1-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-i740-1.1.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-nsc-2.8.1-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb-0.8.1-4.1
xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.1.1-4
xorg-x11-drv-ark-0.6.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-via-0.2.1-7
xorg-x11-drv-ast-0.81.0-3
xorg-x11-drv-rendition-4.1.0-3.1
xorg-x11-drv-magictouch-1.0.0.5-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-voodoo-1.1.0-3.1
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-12.4.0-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-elo2300-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-apps-7.1-3.fc6
xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.1-9.fc6
xorg-x11-drivers-7.1-3
xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.5-10.fc6
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-7.1-2
xorg-x11-fonts-truetype-7.1-2
xorg-x11-drv-tdfx-1.3.0-2.fc6
xorg-x11-utils-7.1-2.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-cyrix-1.1.0-4
xorg-x11-drv-savage-2.1.1-5.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-dynapro-1.1.0-2
xorg-x11-drv-mutouch-1.1.0-2
xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen-1.1.0-2
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-2
xorg-x11-drv-ur98-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-font-utils-7.1-2
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-1.2.1-4
xorg-x11-drv-trident-1.2.1-3.fc6
xorg-x11-drv-dmc-1.1.0-2
xorg-x11-drv-apm-1.1.1-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-palmax-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-jamstudio-1.1.0-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic-1.1.1-2.1
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.1-2
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.fc6

Getting desperate, I never re-install to solve problems but I'm getting
close.

Owen.

-- 
Owen Williams
williams at dmu.ac.uk
Senior Computing Officer | Software Engineer
Consultant | RedHat Certified Engineer

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