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**penguin.ch** · Dec 07, 2006, 02:36 AM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

Aniar,

although I am not at all sure if this is related to your problem, what irritates me when reading through your files is: one the one hand, that the graphics chip "i810" is mentioned a second time as some obscure card; on the other hand, that there are no (!) refresh rates defined for the monitor (read: display).

Therefore I tend to suggest to: first, backup xorg.conf (just to make sure), second, kick out

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ExternalCard"
	Driver		"i810"
	BusID		"PCI:0:2:1"
EndSection

and, finally, ad some useful refresh rate settings, like

Code:

Section "Monitor"
    [snipped] # laptop values
    HorizSync    28 - 96
    VertRefresh   50 - 75

- the latter one to be handled with great care, for wrong setting could ruin your whole day (as well as your hardware ...).

Maybe prior to experimenting you could boot into a (working) live system and grab a copy of this system's X server configuration, as a template of sorts for your installed system ... (?).

HTH
Birdy

**aniar** · Dec 07, 2006, 07:15 AM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

1) The 2nd device section should be correct - you'll notice in the logs that it's actually detected. My laptop has an external video port that, when I fix this problem, I'm going to try to set up to be a 2nd (Xinerama) monitor. If I take that device section out, I get an error saying "There is no Device section for BusID PCI:0:2:1".
aniar@local:~$ lspci |grep 0:02.
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

2) DPMS is supposed to auto-detect refresh rates on LCD panels, I thought? I've seen a bunch of xorg.conf files with "Option "DPMS"" and no refresh settings. I also didn't CHANGE that part of the xorg.conf after auto-detect/build.

**aniar** · Dec 08, 2006, 12:52 AM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

More interesting notes to add:

2.6.15-27-386 works fine, but doesn't detect the 2nd processor.
2.6.15-27-686 experiences the "no keyboard" issue.

Log in via console, "sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop; startx" - same behavior, and X still won't exit.

Today I had about 2 hours of time where, after booting up plugged in, being able to work, and unplugging the power, the keyboard worked. I plugged it back in after an hour, recharged, and then went to another meeting... at the end of the meeting (again, about an hour), my keyboard stopped working.

I can't even find anything in any kernel logs that tells me where to start looking.

[me=aniar]is losing his mind.[/me]

**askrieger** · Dec 13, 2006, 04:27 PM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

Sorry for the delay in responding. As Dell laptop user, the VERY FIRST THING I do when installing any variety of Linux is to go into the xorg.conf file and comment out dpms. The fact that your problem occurs when you switch from AC to Battery indicates that that is a likely source of your problem. You can then set up a reasonable video mode for your laptop screen e.g. 1450*1024@60, where I'm assuming that you will supply the correct pixel size for your screen. The next thing I'd do would be to go to K>SystemSettings>Laptops&Power>LaptopBattery and set things up to your liking. Pay attention to the power profiles for Battery and AC.

**aniar** · Dec 14, 2006, 10:33 AM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

askreiger - thanks, I'll do that next time I reboot (in windows ATM). My Dell worked better in Debian and SUSE with DPMS, which is why I was reluctant at first, but I'll try anything that makes sense.

Last time I tried to shut down on battery, it hung on stopping "Power Management". I have already configured my KDE "Laptop Power management" settings - no throttling, using "conservative" and "ondemand" for battery and AC, respectively. only alert on low power, no changing of settings.
I did have apmd installed as well as acpid, so I uninstalled apmd, but that hasn't helped. Adding laptop-mode-tools shouldn't have affected anything, but I'll be removing that during lunch today, as a test, too.

**aniar** · Dec 19, 2006, 11:54 AM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

Originally posted by askrieger

Sorry for the delay in responding. As Dell laptop user, the VERY FIRST THING I do when installing any variety of Linux is to go into the xorg.conf file and comment out dpms. The fact that your problem occurs when you switch from AC to Battery indicates that that is a likely source of your problem. You can then set up a reasonable video mode for your laptop screen e.g. 1450*1024@60, where I'm assuming that you will supply the correct pixel size for your screen. The next thing I'd do would be to go to K>SystemSettings>Laptops&Power>LaptopBattery and set things up to your liking. Pay attention to the power profiles for Battery and AC.

DPMS removed from xorg.conf - same problem still exists.
put an "exit 0" at the top of my /etc/init.d/laptop-mode to remove that power-management tool, and the problem still exists.

Do you want to see screenshots/logs from LaptopBattery in system settings to see if I've got something set up odd?

**askrieger** · Dec 19, 2006, 02:25 PM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

Your settings don't seem very different from mine, but if you post them, perhaps someone will see something that we're both missing.

**aniar** · Dec 19, 2006, 05:44 PM

Re: no keyboard AFTER logon - Dapper Dell D520 laptop

xorg.conf attached (set up for Xinerama working finally, so there's a bunch of changes)

Klaptop settings "on":
Battery tab:

Code:

show battery monitor
user blank screen saver on battery
check status 20 secs
BAT0 present, BAT1 not

Power Control

Code:

Not Powered: None, System Performance: Conservative
Powered: None, System Performance: ondemand

Low Battery warning

Code:

Trigger: 15 min
system beep
notify
state change: none

Low Battery Critical

Code:

Trigger: 5min
system beep
notify
State change: none

Default Power Profiles

Code:

not powered: system performance: Conservative
Powered: System Performance: ondemand

Button Actions

Code:

Lid Switch Closed: off (not system power off, just "off")

ACPI Config

Code:

All checked - Enable:
Standby
Suspend
Hibernate
Performance Profiles
CPU Throttling

I have never tried to hibernate or standby this system yet, even though I ahve it set up to do that, so turning those features off wouldn't kill me if anyone thinks it'd help.
Attaching /var/log/acpid as well.

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