[yocto] Xorg keyboard not working

[Chris Tapp]

On 28 Aug 2012, at 11:07, Burton, Ross wrote:

> On 27 August 2012 21:41, Chris Tapp <opensource at keylevel.com> wrote:
>> I've got a system that has a working console and four virtual terminals.
>> 
>> I can start X and run an application using
>> 
>> /usr/bin/xinit /usr/sbin/xinitrc -- /usr/bin/Xorg
>> 
>> The application runs fine and is expected to run with no user interaction. Keyboard input is sometimes needed to either kill the application or switch to another virtual terminal to make some configuration changes.
>> 
>> However, I can't seem to get the keyboard to work - I can't switch virtual terminal or force the application to exit and the caps-lock light doesn't toggle. This is the same keyboard that was used to kick the application off. xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-evdev are both listed in 'XSERVER' when the system is baked.
>> 
>> Where should I be looking to work out why the keyboard isn't working?
> 
> Does the keyboard work from a VT before X starts?  What user does X
> run as -- my hunch is that it doesn't have permission to access the
> input devices.  Check the Xorg log to see if there are any relevant
> errors.

Yes, the keyboard works fine from the VTs. X is running as root and I can't see anything in the logs that are of any help!

Chris Tapp

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