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