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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 'Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap'
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:15:56
Message-Id: 358eca8f0912121514t406edcd5r274f27a77a130f3b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 'Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap' by walt
1 On 12/12/2009, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 12/12/2009 12:55 AM, Mick wrote:
3 >> ...
4 >> Not sure if it is related but I am getting this:
5 >>
6 >>>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
7 >> /sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libltdl.so.3 is not a symbolic link
8 >>
9 >> What does this mean? revdep-rebuild does not show anything needing to
10 >> be rebuilt.
11 >
12 > That must be a very old file. Here's what I have:
13 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41652 2009-12-08 06:30 /usr/lib/libltdl.a
14 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 919 2009-12-08 06:30 /usr/lib/libltdl.la
15 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2009-12-08 06:31 /usr/lib/libltdl.so ->
16 > libltdl.so.7.2.1*
17 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2009-12-08 06:31 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7 ->
18 > libltdl.so.7.2.1*
19 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34252 2009-12-08 06:30 /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7.2.1*
20
21 Mine are slightly different. I also have /usr/lib/lbltdl.so.0 ->
22 libltdl.so.0.1.2 and also have
23
24 libltdl.so.0.1.2
25 libltdl.so.3
26 libltdl.so.3.1.0
27
28 > If you also have these files then just delete the so.3 version.
29
30 Thanks, I'll check for dependencies and then remove them.
31
32 >> Otherwise, I've downgraded xkbcomp with no joy and now I am
33 >> downgrading xorg-server to see if this has any effect.
34 >
35 > I'm struggling to understand all the keyboard stuff too. Do you still
36 > use an xorg.conf file? If you are using evdev then you should not be
37 > using the xf86-input-mouse or xf86-input-keyboard drivers, just the
38 > xf86-input-evdev driver. I have the entire input section of xorg.conf
39 > commented out and evdev seems to be the default input driver now.
40
41 I have had mouse, keyboard and synaptics along with evdev in my
42 INPUT_DEVICES and have emerged relative drivers. I am now going to
43 remove them and see what gives.
44
45 I am not clear which /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files I should have in
46 there ... any ideas?
47
48 > I'll bet xdm is hiding the really helpful error messages, so I would
49 > shut off xdm and use startx to see if you get any better information.
50
51 Thanks, will try that too.
52 --
53 Regards,
54 Mick

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