Hi, Gentoo. Yes, I've got Gnome going under mdev. Thanks to Mike Edenfield for the tip about needing to configure things in xorg.conf.
Here's how I did it: (i) Rebuild xorg-server without udev. * Insert this line into /etc/package.use: x11-base/xorg-server -udev * build the program with: emerge xorg-server (ii) Configure the keyboard and mouse explicitly in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or wherever else you keep your xorg.conf). * Edit the two "InputDevice" sections to look like this. The critical lines are emphasised: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "evdev" <-------------- Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3" <-------------- EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "evdev" <-------------- Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" <-------------- Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Here's another section for your instructions, Walter. :-) -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).