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Hartmut Figge wrote: |
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> Dale: |
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>> Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No |
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>> mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make |
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>> me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the |
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>> thing. |
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> *g* |
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> Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to |
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> 1.5. After 'startx' i had my usual icewm screen but no working mouse or |
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> keyboard. |
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>> I had to unplug the computer then add softlevel=boot to get to |
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>> where I could even fix the stupid thing. |
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> I preferred ssh from another computer. ;) |
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>> While I was trying to recover and reading, it appears I have to update |
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>> my kernel for this thing to work. |
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> That depends. Look in 'sudo make menuconfig' at Device Drivers->Input |
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> device support for Event interface. If available and unchecked, select |
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> it and recompile your kernel. |
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> I had done so because it was mentioned in the 'Xorg 1.5 Upgrade Guide', |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml |
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> Wasn't enough, though. |
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> ----- Xorg.0.log ----- |
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> (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) |
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> But 'modprobe evdev' succeeded. *g* |
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> After pulling out some hairs and examining 'emerge -pv xorg-server' |
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> closer i changed |
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> ----- /etc/make.conf ----- |
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> INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" |
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> to |
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> ----- /etc/make.conf ----- |
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> INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" |
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> and recompiled xorg-server. Now i had working mouse and keyboard under X. |
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> Then i noticed that my german keyboard layout was gone. The Upgrade |
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> Guide was not very clear in this point. At least for me. |
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> Time for a break, so i decided to disable hal for a while, drink some |
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> coffee and smoke some pipes. ;) |
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> ----- /etc/X11/xorg.conf ----- |
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> Section "ServerFlags" |
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> Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" |
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> EndSection |
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> Now i have commented out these lines because i found a way for my german |
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> keyboard layout. Hm, just noticed that i have also to do something for |
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> my compose key. Sigh. |
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> Hartmut |
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Sounds like you are having fun with your upgrade too. Unless there is a |
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miracle and I know it will work, without me having to pull the plug |
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again, I'm keeping that puppy masked. I'll stick with this for a while |
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longer. |
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On my kernel, I'm using 2.6.23. It was the last one I could get to boot |
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so i stuck with it. Anybody see a pattern here? Thought about not |
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syncing for a while. o_O |
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I wish I had a spare rig to ssh in with. I loaned one out and his house |
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burned down with my spare rig in it. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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