USB keybord curiosity

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 09/30/2014 03:21:59 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 10/01/14 05:44, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > What follows is the log output from dmesg and Xorg.0.log. I think
> this establishes that the keyboard is properly recognized by X and the
> kernel. (But what do I know?) The question is: is there something
> running that is grabbing keystrokes? Or, alternatively, some process
> that should be passing keystrokes to X, but isn't?  Keep in mind that
> plugged into another system, the keyboard functions correctly.
> 
> When you move the transceiver to the failing system are you always
> using the same USB port?  If you have a desktop system with USB ports
> on the front and back they are often on different USB hubs.  Have you
> tried moving to a different port and, if possible, hub?

Follow-up to my previous reply. Booted from a vendor-supplied test disk. Keyboard worked fine in their Ubuntu disto. So, it would appear that there's an X-driver component that's been trashed, no? And, if so, how would I find it, or am I looking at a full re-load?