xterm not responding any keyboard input

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max7w

I rarely use xterm (use urxvt instead), when I used it last time about two month ago it worked fine. Since I portupgraded several times. And when I recently tried to use xterm for some reasons, I encountered, that it not responding any keyboard input, but it acts with mouse - if copy some text and paste it in xterm it appeares in it, scrolling also work. What could happened with xterm?
xterm -v: X.Org 6.8.99.903(242)
FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE i386.
 
Xorg 6.8? Are you sure you updated recently? Xorg is at 7.4 now.
 
My xterm has the same version string, and I'm up-to-date with Xorg (well, everything, really).

Code: 
$ xterm -version 
X.Org 6.8.99.903(242)
$ pkg_info | grep -i xorg
xorg-7.4_2          X.Org complete distribution metaport

Deinstall/reinstall the xterm port?
 
Weird.. Anyway...

Could the OP post the /var/log/Xorg.0.log? There may be some clues in there.
 
Hmm.. It looks like HAL does pickup your mouse and keyboard:
Code: 
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.3.2
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) AT Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) AT Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) AT Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) AT Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) AT Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 1.4.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: "/dev/sysmouse"
(==) PS/2 Mouse: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
(==) PS/2 Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) PS/2 Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) PS/2 Mouse: Buttons: 9
(**) PS/2 Mouse: Sensitivity: 1
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) PS/2 Mouse: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0
(II) PS/2 Mouse: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
(II) 3rd Button detected: disabling emulate3Button

Code: 
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse1
(WW) Disabling Keyboard1

You could try adding Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" to the server section of xorg.conf to force it to use the keyboard/mouse you have defined.
 
SirDice said:
You could try adding Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" to the server section of xorg.conf to force it to use the keyboard/mouse you have defined.
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I had it earlier in my xorg.conf. During my attempts to force xterm work properly I tried with "AllowEmptyInput" "off" and disabled hal and vice versa, but keyboard input didn't work in xterm. And, btw, in all cases all other applications worked fine. And one more, earlier I could kill X session by pressing Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace, but now it don't work. May be it relate to this problem?
 
That is not related to your problem.
Developers decided to enable Option "DontZap" by default.

You could trace xterm with truss(from inside another working terminal emulator).
 
DutchDaemon said:
My xterm has the same version string, and I'm up-to-date with Xorg (well, everything, really).

Code: 
$ xterm -version 
X.Org 6.8.99.903(242)
$ pkg_info | grep -i xorg
xorg-7.4_2          X.Org complete distribution metaport

Deinstall/reinstall the xterm port?
Click to expand...

The problem may be caused by wrong settings in X resources. You may try to delete (backup it first) the file ~/.Xdefaults. You should also ensure that hal+dbus are enabled in your /etc/rc.conf
 
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