#900395 xserver-xorg-input-all: keyboard no longer working after dist-upgrade

Package:
xserver-xorg-input-all
Source:
xorg
Description:
X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage
Submitter:
Joachim Bauernberger
Date:
2018-12-01 16:12:04 UTC
Severity:
important
#900395#5
Date:
2018-05-30 07:34:14 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

rebooted into multiuser.target (to not have the lightdm take over the screen)
and installed the missing xserver-xorg-input-all package which seemed to have
been removed on last upgrade ... And after the reboot the keyboard was OK again

extract from dpkg.log:

2018-05-30 07:53:07 status installed xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 1:7.7+19
2018-05-30 07:53:08 remove xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 1:7.7+19 <none>
2018-05-30 07:53:08 status half-configured xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64
1:7.7+19
2018-05-30 07:53:08 status half-installed xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 1:7.7+19
2018-05-30 07:53:08 status config-files xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 1:7.7+19
2018-05-30 07:53:08 status config-files xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 1:7.7+19
2018-05-30 07:53:08 status config-files xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 1:7.7+19
2018-05-30 07:53:08 status not-installed xserver-xorg-input-all:amd64 <none>


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#900395#10
Date:
2018-06-04 07:54:40 UTC
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From the log it's not clear to me why xserver-xorg-input-all got removed in the
first place.

Emilio
#900395#15
Date:
2018-12-01 16:09:06 UTC
From:
To:
Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
Control: severity -1 important

And I'm skeptical that xserver-xorg-input-all decided to uninstakk
itself. I guess we need more info here; downgrading the severity for
the time being …

Cheers,
gregor, from the Bern BSP