Keyboard not working anymore with xfce4

**juvor** · 2018-11-05

Right now I can only use the keyboard in recovery mode. Basically, after the latest upgrade xfsettingsd (xfce4-settings) was causing the GUI to freeze every 5 seconds.
More details about the issue: https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...-three-seconds

I didn't realize at the time that all I needed to do was to

Code:

killall xfsettingsd

so I tried to purge xserver-xorg and xfce4 and then reinstalled them both. When I restarted I noticed that I couldn't login because the keyboard was not working anymore.
So I went back into recovery mode and tried to make a few tests; I am going to post all the outputs.

Output of Xorg --configure:

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(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
modprobe: FATAL: Module fbcon not found in directory /lib/modules/$kernel
intel: waited 2020 ms for i915.ko driver to load
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed.
(EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.

Output of startx:

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X.Org X Server 1.20.3
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 i686 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux noone 4.18.0-kali2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2kali1 (2018-10-09) i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-kali2-686-pae root=UUID=ee5395c2-aa25-4bf2-83b6-ff6d096f3417 ro single initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz
Build Date: 25 October 2018  06:15:23PM
xorg-server 2:1.20.3-1 (https://www.debian.org/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
    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: Fri Nov  2 13:12:29 2018
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
xinit: connection to X server lost


waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

Content of Xorg.0.log:

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[   244.144]
X.Org X Server 1.20.3
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   244.144] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 i686 Debian
[   244.144] Current Operating System: Linux noone 4.18.0-kali2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2kali1 (2018-10-09) i686
[   244.144] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-kali2-686-pae root=UUID=ee5395c2-aa25-4bf2-83b6-ff6d096f3417 ro single initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz
[   244.144] Build Date: 25 October 2018  06:15:23PM
[   244.144] xorg-server 2:1.20.3-1 (https://www.debian.org/support)
[   244.144] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[   244.144]     Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   244.144] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   244.145] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Nov  2 13:12:29 2018
[   244.145] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   244.146] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   244.146] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[   244.146] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[   244.146] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[   244.147] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
[   244.147] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   244.147] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   244.147] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   244.147] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   244.147] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[   244.147]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   244.147] (==) 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,
    built-ins
[   244.147] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   244.147] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   244.148] (II) Loader magic: 0x6cd740
[   244.148] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   244.148]     X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   244.148]     X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[   244.148]     X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   244.148]     X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   244.148] (EE) dbus-core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)
[   244.148] (++) using VT number 1


[   244.150] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[   244.172] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:a011:103c:3660 rev 0, Mem @ 0x58180000/524288, 0x40000000/268435456, 0x58000000/1048576, I/O @ 0x000060c0/8, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   244.172] (--) PCI: (0@0:2:1) 8086:a012:103c:3660 rev 0, Mem @ 0x58100000/524288
[   244.172] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   244.173] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   244.177] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.177]     compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 1.0.0
[   244.177]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[   244.177] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[   244.178] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[   244.178] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[   244.178] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[   244.178] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[   244.178] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[   244.178] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[   244.179] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.179]     compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 2.99.917
[   244.179]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   244.179]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   244.179] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[   244.180] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[   244.181] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.181]     compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 1.20.3
[   244.181]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   244.181]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   244.181] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[   244.181] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[   244.181] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.181]     compiled for 1.20.0, module version = 0.5.0
[   244.182]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   244.182]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   244.182] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[   244.182] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[   244.182] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.182]     compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 2.4.0
[   244.182]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   244.182]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   244.183] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
    i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
    915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
    Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
    GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[   244.184] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics
[   244.184] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics
[   244.184] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics
[   244.184] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[   244.184] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[   244.184] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[   244.185] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20180514
[   244.185] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20180925-2 (Andreas Boll <[email protected]>)
[   244.185] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled for use with valgrind
[   244.204] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[   244.204] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[   244.205] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[   244.205] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[   244.205] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[   244.206] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.206]     compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 0.0.2
[   244.206]     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   244.207] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Pineview GM
[   244.207] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86, sse2, sse3, ssse3; using a maximum of 1 threads
[   244.207] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[   244.208] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[   244.208] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[   244.208] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[   244.209] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
[   244.210] (**) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output LVDS1
[   244.211] (II) intel(0): Enabled output LVDS1
[   244.211] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[   244.211] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1
[   244.211] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[   244.212] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[   244.212] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[   244.212] (--) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1024x600 on pipe 1
[   244.213] (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled
[   244.213] (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[   244.213] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[   244.213] (II) Loading sub module "dri3"
[   244.213] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[   244.213] (II) Module "dri3" already built-in
[   244.213] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[   244.213] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[   244.213] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[   244.213] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[   244.213] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[   244.214] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[   244.214] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[   244.214] (II) Unloading modesetting
[   244.214] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[   244.214] (II) Unloading fbdev
[   244.214] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[   244.214] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[   244.215] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[   244.215] (II) Unloading vesa
[   244.215] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Alviso (gen3) backend
[   244.215] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[   244.215] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[   244.216] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[   244.216] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[   244.217] (==) intel(0): Display hotplug detection enabled
[   244.217] (II) intel(0): [XvMC] i915_xvmc driver initialized.
[   244.217] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[   244.217] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i915
[   244.217] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[   244.217] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled
[   244.217] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[   244.217] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[   244.218] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[   244.219] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[   244.219] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[   244.220] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[   244.221] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[   244.222] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[   244.223] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[   244.223] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[   244.224] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[   244.225] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[   244.226] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[   244.226] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[   244.228] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[   244.229] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[   244.230] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[   244.230] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[   244.231] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[   244.232] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[   244.233] (II) Initializing extension Present
[   244.233] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[   244.233] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[   244.234] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[   244.235] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[   244.236] (II) Initializing extension SELinux
[   244.236] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[   244.236] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[   244.255] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i915
[   244.255] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[   244.255] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[   244.256] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[   244.257] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[   244.257] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[   244.263] (II) intel(0): switch to mode [email protected] on LVDS1 using pipe 1, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[   244.276] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 158
[   244.466] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
[   244.466] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.466] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.468] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event1)
[   244.469] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.469] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.470] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[   244.470] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.471] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.473] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event4)
[   244.473] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.473] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.475] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event6)
[   244.475] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.475] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.477] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Mic (/dev/input/event7)
[   244.477] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.477] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.479] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Front Headphone (/dev/input/event8)
[   244.479] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.479] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.481] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HP Webcam-50: HP Webcam-50 (/dev/input/event10)
[   244.482] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.482] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.484] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[   244.484] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.484] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.486] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event2)
[   244.486] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[   244.486] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[   244.486] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[   244.486] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[   244.487] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   244.487]     compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 1.9.1
[   244.487]     Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[   244.487]     ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[   244.487] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[   244.488] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[   244.488] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[   244.528] (II) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: ignoring touch events for semi-multitouch device
[   244.528] (II) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: found clickpad property
[   244.528] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5492 (res 66)
[   244.528] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4556 (res 97)
[   244.528] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[   244.529] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[   244.529] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left double triple
[   244.529] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[   244.529] (**) Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
[   244.529] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[   244.529] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[   244.560] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input2/event2"
[   244.560] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 6)
[   244.560] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[   244.560] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[   244.560] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.039
[   244.561] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[   244.561] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[   244.561] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[   244.561] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[   244.562] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[   244.565] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[   244.565] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[   244.567] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event9)
[   244.568] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.568] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.572] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HP WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event11)
[   244.572] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   244.572] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   244.611] (EE) dbus-core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)
[   245.637] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 12754
[   245.637] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[   245.637] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0   54.20  1024 1048 1184 1438  600 603 604 628 -hsync -vsync (37.7 kHz eP)
[   254.612] (EE) dbus-core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)
[   264.614] (EE) dbus-core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)
[   274.615] (EE) dbus-core: error connecting to system bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.FileNotFound (Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory)
[   276.219] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
[   276.304] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

**n0r** · 2018-11-05

Uhmm, seems like something is missing, maybe you can try this: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) and see what happen..

**juvor** · 2018-11-19

I fixed the issue by launching:

Code:

 apt install xserver-xorg-input-all

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