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On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Don Wilburn <bodhisattva@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Now I suspect the problem here is because udev and virtual/udev were built |
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> with keymap support turned off. That's the most terse way I can describe |
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> it. This may be because of the desktop profile. |
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> I'm no developer. I assume keymap support was turned off for a reason. |
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> Can anyone enlighten me about this? |
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> The long story is that I knew saying my alpha was "locked up" was not a |
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> proper description. I enabled login via a serial port. Indeed, linux was |
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> working. So, now I can kill X more gracefully. |
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> After running emerge -tav to reinstall xorg-servers, it told me that |
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> virtual/udev without keymap may cause input device autoconfiguration to |
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> fail. |
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> So, the -keymap flag is definitely set for udev and virtual/udev on my |
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> system. I checked. |
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> My plan is to wait a bit in case someone offers advice. Failing that, I'll |
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> try rebuilding udev and virtual/udev without turning off keymap. If/when |
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> that doesn't work, I'll investigate manual configuration of the xorg input |
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> devices. |
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> Adios, DW |
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Enabling keymap support in udev sounds like it's worth a shot. |
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If you don't get a chance to try it I might soon. I'm updating my alpha now. |
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Thanks, |
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Matt |
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