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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server/nvidia/x86-driver updated: No kbd, no mouse
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:06:06
Message-Id: 20100425160537.GA5114@solfire
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server/nvidia/x86-driver updated: No kbd, no mouse by walt
1 walt <w41ter@×××××.com> [10-04-25 17:56]:
2 > On 04/25/2010 06:28 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
3 >
4 > >[ 2806.923] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
5 > >[ 2806.923] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
6 > >[ 2806.973] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
7 > >[ 2806.973] compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 2.4.0
8 > >[ 2806.973] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
9 > >[ 2806.973] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 9.0
10 > >[ 2806.973] (**) Logitech N48: always reports core events
11 > >[ 2806.973] (**) Logitech N48: Device: "/dev/input/mouse0"
12 > >[ 2806.984] (EE) ioctl EVIOCGNAME failed: Inappropriate ioctl for
13 > >device
14 > >[ 2807.016] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
15 > >
16 > >
17 > >
18 > >"Inappropiate ioctl" looks like some version mismatch between kernel
19 > >interface and ... what?
20 >
21 > Notice that the error message appeared between loading evdev and
22 > unloading
23 > evdev, so I read that as meaning you need to recompile evdev.
24 >
25 > I'm not entirely clear yet about how 1.8 handles input devices, but I
26 > think
27 > it uses evdev automatically even if you don't have it in your
28 > xorg.conf.
29 >
30 >
31
32 That was also my first thought, but evdev was recompiled -- as I wrote
33 in my initial mail...
34
35 What next?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server/nvidia/x86-driver updated: No kbd, no mouse Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>