[gentoo-amd64] Re: Xorg and usb keyboard/mouse and some screen flickering :(

[Marko Obrovac]

On 2 March 2010 21:22, Marko Obrovac <marko.obrovac@×××××.com> wrote:

> Hello people,
>
> I own an MSI laptop (GX-700) and today I bought an external monitor (LG
> W2443) and a wireless keyboard/mouse combo (Trust) for it. However, I'm
> having problems with all of them :(
>
> Firstly the keyboard/mouse issue. A few months ago I bought a wireless
> mouse (also a Trust one), just plugged it in, started the system and
> everything worked nicely. Now, I can't get the new keyboard/mouse combo to
> work. I'm sure they're OK, because in the grub menu I can use the new
> keyboard to select/edit/etc the boot stuff (i.e. I'm sure BIOS recognises
> it). However, I can't seem to get it to work in Xorg... The thing that
> strikes me the most is that the "old" mouse worked without a problem. Any
> hints?
>

It seems like it's definitely a kernel "issue". I tried to start an
interactive boot, but the kernel didn't respond to the "i" I hit (of course,
hitting it on the laptop keyboard works like a charm). I read thoroughly
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/usb-guide.xml and
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=79, but all usb/hid configuration
was already in place.


> Secondly, the new monitor. I can see constant flickering on it. I'm sure
> it's not the monitor's fault since I had similar issues with others as well
> - that is to say, I'm quite convinced it has something to do with my graphic
> card (nvidia geforce 8600m gt).
>

As for the flickering, I deducted it's a refresh rate issue. I lowered the
resolution, increased the refresh rate and turned the resolution back to its
maximum and the flickering "disappeared". However, nvidia-settings doesn't
allow me to increase the frequency with the maximum resolution, which
practically means I have to redo the steps mentioned every time I restart
Xorg. Anybody knows how to get around this?


> I'm pasting the xorg.conf and /etc/make.conf files here as I'm not sure the
> mailing list supports attachments.
>
> Any help is welcome,
> Marko
>
>
> XORG.CONF
> =========
> # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
> # nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (root@moveable-basket)  Wed Oct 21
> 23:07:18 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page 2009
>
> #Section "InputDevice"
> #    Identifier  "Mouse0"
> #    #Driver      "synaptics"
> #    Driver      "mouse"
> #    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> #    #Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> #    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
> #EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>
>     Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>     InputDevice    "Keyboard0"
>     InputDevice    "Mouse0"
>     Option         "BackingStore" "True"
>     #    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>     ModulePath      "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
>     FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>
>     #Load  "dbe"
>     #Load  "dri"
>     #Load  "dri2"
>     #Load  "extmod"
>     Load           "glx"
>     #Load  "record"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>     Option         "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>     # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
>     Identifier     "Mouse0"
>     Driver         "evdev"
>     Option         "Protocol"
>     Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
>     #Driver      "kbd"
>     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>     Driver         "evdev"
>     #Option         "CoreKeyboard"
>     Option         "XkbRules" "xrrg"
>     Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
>     Option         "XkbLayout" "us,hr"
>     #Option      "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>     VendorName     "Unknown"
>     ModelName      "LG W2443"
>     HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
>     VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Card0"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
>     BoardName      "GeForce 8600M GT"
>     Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
>     BusID          "PCI:8:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Device0"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>     BoardName      "GeForce 8600M GT"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>     Device         "Device0"
>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Option         "TwinView" "0"
>     Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
>     SubSection     "Display"
>                 Modes      "1920x1080"
>         Depth       16
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>                 Modes      "1920x1080"
>         Depth       24
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> #Section "Extensions"
> #    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
> #EndSection
>
>
>
> MAKE.CONF
> ==========
> # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
> # built this stage.
> # Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more
> # detailed example.
> CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
> # WARNING: Changing your CHOST is not something that should be done
> lightly.
> # Please consult http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml before
> changing.
> CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
> # These are the USE flags that were used in addition to what is provided by
> the
> # profile used for building.
> #USE="mmx sse sse2"
> USE="intel mmx sse sse2 bash-completion cddb cdparanoia cups dvb ffmpeg gd
> gnuplot imagemagick jabber jingle lame latex lm_sensors mime msn multilib
> ncurses networkmanager nptl nsplugin offensive pcmcia pcre perl plotutils
> posix python readline smp sockets subversion suid symlink syslog threads v4l
> v4l2 vim-syntax wifi wxwidgets xattr xcomposite xft xine xinetd yahoo -kde
> -qt3 -qt4"
> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
> ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel loopback virmidi"
> INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics"
> ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
>
> MAKEOPTS="-j3"
>
> GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.imj.fr/pub/gentoo/
> ftp://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/
> http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/
> ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/ "
>
> SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
> source /usr/local/portage/layman/make.conf
>