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From: ABCD <en.ABCD@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: hal + xorg hell part 2
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:06:43
Message-Id: gnt7bo$em4$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] hal + xorg hell part 2 by Helmut Jarausch
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4 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
5 > Hi,
6 >
7 > I'm still struggling with xorg + hal
8 >
9 > Now, my PS/2 keyboard translates certain keys in a strange
10 > way, e.g. 'insert' 'home' 'PgUp' 'PgDn' etc.
11 >
12 > Xorg.0.log contains the following lines which I don't understand
13 > (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
14 > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
15 > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
16 > (WW) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device file already in use. Ignoring.
17 > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
18 > (EE) PreInit returned NULL for "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
19 > (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
20 >
21 >
22 > Any help is very much appreciated,
23 > thanks,
24 > Helmut.
25 >
26 >
27 > P.S.
28 >
29 > I tried both drivers
30 > kbd and evdev (since my mouse uses evdev)
31 >
32
33 You are probably setting the xkb keyboard type incorrectly, assuming you
34 are using Gnome, KDE, or Xfce - You need to tell the desktop environment
35 that you have an "evdev" keyboard, instead of whatever keyboard you
36 actually have, and use the "evdev" driver (if I'm not mistaken). I had
37 the same problem a few months ago when I upgraded, and that fixed it.
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