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Keyboard doesn't work under Debian Etch

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cymon:
Today, I notced that my linux computer didn't respond to any input.  I did a reset, and then when it came back up, I noticed that typing on the keyboard wouldn't show any of the letters on the monitor.  Obviously, this makes it impossible to login, making the computer rather useless.  I have used this computer for a while, and it has only shown this behavior once.  The keyboard works fine in the BIOS.

piratePenguin:
Is it a USB keyboard?
Even if it's a PS/2 kb it could be due to a kernel module not being loaded for some reason.

cymon:
It's a regular PS/2 keyboard.

piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: cymon ---It's a regular PS/2 keyboard.
--- End quote ---
Not sure if this'd work, but it's probably worth a try:

At grub, select the OS/kernel you usually boot and press 'e' to edit it.. on the line beginning with 'kernel' press 'e' again to edit it and add
--- Code: ---init="/sbin/modprobe psmouse && /sbin/init"
--- End code ---
... then press enter and 'b' to boot.

I'm not sure if that'll work atall, because init usually has PID 1 and it won't/mightn't in this case..

And plus the kernel module not being loaded mightn't be the problem atall, but it's all I can think of.

cymon:
The keyboard issue has been resolved, but now X.Org won't start up.  I have already done system updates, however, I get a fatal error 104 whenever I run startx.

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