On September 10, 2016 9:11:59 AM GMT+02:00, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: >On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:18:51PM +1000, Adam Carter wrote > >> I just tried uninstalling xf86-video-vesa and xf86-video-fbdev to see >if >> they were required, and X still runs, so you can ignore those >messages. >> >> FWIW i'm kernel 4.7.2 with ~amd64 on a skylake i3. >> >> You dont appear to have evdev setup; >> -> Device Drivers >> -> Input device support >> -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) >> >> and emerge xf86-input-evdev > > ?!?! I've never had evdev installed. Why now? Mouse and keyboard >work OK.
Evdev helps with swapping mice and keyboards. IOW, when using laptops. And I think it's the 'preferred' way of doing things these days? Then again, if you're not having problems with mice and keyboards, I don't see how evdev will 'solve' a non existent problem. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
