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Christian Faulhammer <fauli@g.o> posted |
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20090404000139.2ea5a185@×××××.solaris, excerpted below, on Sat, 04 Apr |
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2009 00:01:39 +0200: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade- |
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guide.xml |
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BTW, as I'm on ~arch I had upgraded some time ago, but had been using the |
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legacy keyboard and mouse drivers until seeing the stabilizing discussion |
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here a few days ago. |
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I tried using the upgrade guide to upgrade to evdev and it DID NOT WORK. |
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I just now [1] filed the bug[2] |
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The upgrade guide has this: |
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First, make sure you've built xorg-server with INPUT_DEVICES="evdev". |
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But it misses mentioning that the kernel must ALSO be built with evdev, |
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namely, CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y, in menuconfig under Device Drivers > Input |
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device support > Event interface. |
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That had me fighting all sorts of unnecessary battles for hours with hal, |
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editing *.fdi files to merge keys, etc, only to have it STILL not work, |
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with the xorg log saying evdev device not found or path (something or |
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other). Finally, I thought to check the kernel config for an evdev |
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driver. Sure enough, and it solved the problem I had spent needless |
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hours fighting! |
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So mentioning the evdev kernel device is IMO a blocker on the |
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documentation. |
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[1] I only figured out the problem after fighting with it for hours, was |
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too tired to file a bug then, and it has only been a couple days since, |
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during which I've been "recovering" and haven't even wanted to THINK |
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about it. So I only now filed the bug. |
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[2] [Xorg 1.5 Upgrade Guide] kernel evdev as well as xorg evdev driver |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264827 |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264827 |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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