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From: Leandro Boscariol <leandroboscariol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:42:16
Message-Id: a6ba1c8e1003160935u2116b377g642b265d85db574d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard by Mick
1 Hi Mick.
2
3 On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 19:26, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
4
5 > On Friday 12 March 2010 19:37:33 Leandro Boscariol wrote:
6 > > Hi guys.
7 > >
8 > > While trying to find a solution for this error:
9 > >
10 > > (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
11 > >
12 > > I came along with a lot of people with the same issue, and I'm even
13 > quoting
14 > >
15 > > this guy:
16 > > > when I try to login into xdm login prompt, the login and passwd are
17 > >
18 > > accepted, I get a black screen for a second and then I get back again to
19 > > the xdm login prompt. In /var/log/xdm.log I get
20 > >
21 > > > (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard
22 >
23 > Is this a new installation (i.e. did you have X working on this machine
24 > before
25 > the error appeared)?
26 >
27 Yes.
28
29 Still, the X works, but not through xdm. I have to login in the console
30 first, then startx.
31
32 >
33 > Either way, have you defined keyboard in your make.conf:
34 >
35 > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard ....."
36 >
37 It is there, and also evdev.
38
39
40 > and if you just updated your xorg before this error occurred, have you
41 > remerged your keyboard driver?
42 >
43 I didnt.
44
45 >
46 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
47 >
48 > Run qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ to see which X drivers you need to remerge.
49 >
50 > HTH.
51 > --
52 > Regards,
53 > Mick
54 >
55
56 Any other idea?
57
58
59 Regards,
60 --
61 Leandro A. Boscariol

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