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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lenovo USB Keyboard
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:21:52
Message-Id: 4AEAB02A.5000701@xunil.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Lenovo USB Keyboard by Albert Hopkins
1 Albert Hopkins schrieb:
2 > I'm going to guess that the keyboard driver or something is interfering
3 > with the evdev driver? Or you don't have proper evdev support in the
4 > kernel? Or is your xorg.conf telling X to use a different driver?
5 >
6 > I don't have access to a Gentoo machine right now, but when I look at a
7 > similar machine (same exact keyboard though). I get this:
8 >
9 > $ egrep -i '(key|evdev)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
10 > (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
11 > (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
12 > (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
13 > (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
14 > (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
15 > (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
16 > (II) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Found keys
17 > (II) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Configuring as keyboard
18 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ThinkPad Extra
19 > Buttons" (type: KEYBOARD)
20 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
21 > (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
22 > (II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Found keys
23 > (II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Configuring as
24 > keyboard
25 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsft Microsoft Wireless
26 > Desktop Receiver 3.1" (type: KEYBOARD)
27 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
28 > (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
29 > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
30 > (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
31 > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
32 > (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
33 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2
34 > keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
35 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
36 > (II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Found keys
37 > (II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Configuring as
38 > keyboard
39 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsft Microsoft Wireless
40 > Desktop Receiver 3.1" (type: KEYBOARD)
41 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
42 > (II) Sleep Button: Found keys
43 > (II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
44 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type:
45 > KEYBOARD)
46 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
47 > (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
48 > (II) Video Bus: Found keys
49 > (II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
50 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
51 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
52 > (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
53 > (II) Power Button: Found keys
54 > (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
55 > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type:
56 > KEYBOARD)
57 > (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
58 > (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
59 >
60 > Not that it is XINPUT that is driving my keyboard, not Keyboard1. So
61 > I'm guessing it's the X config.
62
63 Might be. Do you have any keyboard section in xorg.conf?
64 I assume I could get rid of xorg.conf at all but whenever I tried that
65 my X11 didn't start up anymore ...
66
67 > Then again, it might be gpm. Are you using gpm? Maybe it's grabbing
68 > the keyboard and not letting X have it.
69
70 No gpm running.
71
72 Stefan

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