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After a long period of inactivity I decided to use my antix laptop. I did apt-get update/upgrade and after rebooting I had problems with my keyboard. I had to use two strokes for each letter I was typing. After googling, I discovered something similar to my case:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514975
I removed the xkb-data and the typing problem was fixed but I lost mouse and touchpad' s functionality so there is no access to any menus now. What should I do now? If there is any log file which might be helpful please tell me how to get it and I will post it here.
Many thanks

PS I am completely useless in using linux as it took me ages even to find out how to exit xserver and use cli.

Hello lchris:

I'm sorry that I don't have a specific suggestion on how to fix your problem. However, as a general suggestion, is installing antix-8 an option for you?

Pedro

If you are using antiX-M7 then you should be able to press windows key and c to get a terminal.
Then su to root and reinstall xkb-data so you at least get your mouse back.

Then try
#apt-get update
apt-get install xkb-data/stable

You may want to post your /etc/apt/sources.list

I will give it a go and post you back. BTW is there any way to change the Ethernet settings by using cli and keyboard only otherwise I will not be able to connect my antix machine to internet.

Thank you all for the replies

Chris

Try as root in a terminal

dhclient eth0 (or whatever you use, could be eth1)

dhclient eth0 worked. I did the
#apt-get update
apt-get install xkb-data/stable but no luck.
It gives me an error that ivman "started" failed and error dpkg processing ivman (--configure--)

Try
apt-get -f install
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge ivman
apt-get install xkb-data/stable

No success so far. I did notice though a lot of warning messages during bootup the kind of

WARNING: All config files need .conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nke. it will be ignored in a future release

Those warnings are nothing to worry about.

Can you get to a desktop?

Yes

Edit: Just for avoiding possible misleading answers I can get to a desktop but just the wallpaper (no menus etc) and the mouse and touchpad still do not work.