Loss of desktop control

[Wade Smart]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 01:19, OAN UQ <kontakt+ubuntu at toomuchcookies.net> wrote:
> What kind of mouse/keyboard do you have? I had the same problem (+ my
> special keys stopped working sometimes) with microsoft mouse+keyboard
> and the comments in these bugreports here helped out:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/390959
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/636311
>
> It seems installing the custom xorg fixes the problem!
>

I use a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and a Logitech
wireless mouse. No special features on either.

I read the first link you posted and I found this in the dmesg logs:
[drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 103
and that is right after: input: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard
40000 at location.....
There are about 10 of those entries and the this entry:

radeon 0000:01:00.0: VGA-a EDID invalid
[drm:radeon_vga_detect] *ERROR* VGA-1 proved a monitor but no|invalid EDID
[drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 103

I found the xorg file you were talking about as the fix.
Ran: add-apt-repository ppa:raof/aubergine

Is this just apt-get install aubergine to install?


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