[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#669949: sysvinit: Break X11: no more mouse and keyboard

[Roger Leigh]

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:57:07AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:15:29AM +0200, valette wrote:
> > After upgrade, X11 does not report any keybord or mouse on my laptop. If I plug a USB mouse its detected. 
> > If the USB mouse is plugged before X starts its not detected either. Probably related to hal/udev but...
> 
> I'm not sure.  I'm seeing the same thing; but it's fine until the
> start of X.  However, in my case the mouse and keyboard are plugged
> into a USB hub on my monitor, and unplugging and reconnecting the
> hub to the main system results in them working again.
> 
> > NB: I modified the /etc/defalt/tmpfs to get /tmp as a normal fs.
> 
> Does this alter the behaviour at all?
> 
> I can't see what has changed here that could affect this, so a bit
> more information would be appreciated if possible.  I'm not sure
> how USB device availability is related to /tmp, but hopefully some
> more investigation will help here.

This is due to /lib/init/bootclean.sh cleaning (I think) /run and
removing some udev stuff early on.  I've added .clean flag files to
prevent the cleaning of tmpfses, but haven't quite yet got it to
stop.  However, we now know what the cause is, so should have this
fixed tonight.


Regards,
Roger

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