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From: Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X configuration problem
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:26:14
Message-Id: 45B1C2D0.4070302@exceedtech.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] X configuration problem by arnuld
1 arnuld wrote:
2 > i ave installed X using "emerge X" and after hours of
3 > download-compile-install cycle "startx" tells me that drivers named
4 > "mouse" & "kbd" are not found. here is what i have done
5 >
6 > 1.) used "genkernel all" to compile my kernel.
7 >
8 > 2.) added these 2 to "/etc/make.conf"
9 > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
10 > VIDEO_CARDS="flrx vesa via vga v4l"
11 >
12 > 3.) emerge xorg-x11
13 >
14 > 4.) Xorg -configure.
15 >
16 > 5.) "xorg.conf" edited:
17 >
18 > "HorizSync & VertRefresh" added
19 > "/dev/mouse" changed to "/dev/input/mouse"
20 >
21 > i got these errrors (not exact errors but something like them):
22 >
23 > (EE) AGLRX: Screen0 is not DRI capable
24 > (EE) driver "mouse" was not found
25 > (EE) driver "kbd" was not found"
26 >
27 > i checked "xorg.conf" & saw that Keyboard & Mouse sections use "kbd" &
28 > "mouse" drivers respectively.
29 >
30 > how to resolve this issue?
31 >
32 >
33
34 This is how mine is set up.
35
36 > Section "InputDevice"
37 > Identifier "Keyboard0"
38 > Driver "kbd"
39 > EndSection
40 >
41 > Section "InputDevice"
42 > Identifier "Mouse0"
43 > Driver "mouse"
44 > Option "Protocol" "auto"
45 > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
46 > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
47
48 Maybe there is something different on yours but it works here. May give
49 you something to go by.
50
51 Dale
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