No usb input devices on bootup

Jim Byrnes jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Thu Apr 28 18:55:36 UTC 2011


Running Ubuntu 10.04 on an Amd quad core with a gforce 9100.

Over the last  3 or 4 weeks intermittently I have no mouse or keyboard 
on bootup.  The mouse is a usb Keningston expert mouse, the keyboard is 
an old ps2 type plugged into a usb adapter. It seems to have gotten 
worse.  It happened the last 4 days in a row.  Unplugging and plugging 
them back in fixes the problem.

The only change I made to the system, other than ones from Update 
manager, is I added a second monitor which I operate using Twinview. I 
read through the log files in /var/log and the only one that seemed 
helpful ws Xorg.log.  The start of which is pasted below.

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux jfb-ubuntu64 2.6.32-31-generic 
#61-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 8 18:25:51 UTC 2011 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic 
root=UUID=dc571bd1-92f3-4c01-b847-54bc160ec300 ro quiet splash
Build Date: 08 March 2011  08:22:34AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.6 (For technical support please see 
http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 28 08:17:15 2011
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
	/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
	built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 
'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
<snip>

Are the last couple of line relevant to my problem?  If so what do I 
need to do to correct it?

Regards,  Jim





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