Re: [gentoo-user] mdev: Has anybody managed to get the keyboard and mouse to work under X?
On Mar 15, 2012 8:19 AM, "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:20:48PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote > > Hi, Gentoo. > > > > As I've said a few times in the current threads, the only thing > > preventing me from moving fully onto mdev is not having a working > > keyboard and mouse (evdev??) under X. > > > > Has anybody else tried this, and if so, what results have you had? > > I begin my USE variable with "-*" and add only the necessary stuff. > If you want to run X without udev, then compile xorg-server with > "USE=-udev". I don't have evdev installed at all. I've run X without > an xorg.conf. The only reason I have an xorg.conf now is to allow > xrandr to force a weird 1536x864 video mode on my 1920x1080 monitor when > watching one specific website. > Of course, needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), when you re-emerge X, you should re-emerge X drivers. Rgds,
Re: [gentoo-user] mdev: Has anybody managed to get the keyboard and mouse to work under X?
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:20:48PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote > Hi, Gentoo. > > As I've said a few times in the current threads, the only thing > preventing me from moving fully onto mdev is not having a working > keyboard and mouse (evdev??) under X. > > Has anybody else tried this, and if so, what results have you had? I begin my USE variable with "-*" and add only the necessary stuff. If you want to run X without udev, then compile xorg-server with "USE=-udev". I don't have evdev installed at all. I've run X without an xorg.conf. The only reason I have an xorg.conf now is to allow xrandr to force a weird 1536x864 video mode on my 1920x1080 monitor when watching one specific website. -- Walter Dnes
Re: [gentoo-user] mdev: Has anybody managed to get the keyboard and mouse to work under X?
On Mar 15, 2012 3:52 AM, "Alan Mackenzie" wrote: > > Hi, Gentoo. > > As I've said a few times in the current threads, the only thing > preventing me from moving fully onto mdev is not having a working > keyboard and mouse (evdev??) under X. > > Has anybody else tried this, and if so, what results have you had? > Alan, could you post your "init" script here? I just happened upon this: http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/uclinux-dist/scmsvn/?action=browse&path=%2F%2Acheckout%2A%2Ftrunk%2Fuser%2Fbusybox%2Fbusybox-1.18.4%2Fdocs%2Fmdev.txt and I think the script might need an "mdev -s" line. Still a conjecture, no guarantees it will work, but if such line does not exist in your "init" script, won't hurt to try... Rgds,
RE: [gentoo-user] mdev: Has anybody managed to get the keyboard and mouse to work under X?
> From: Alan Mackenzie [mailto:a...@muc.de] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:21 AM > As I've said a few times in the current threads, the only thing preventing me > from moving fully onto mdev is not having a working keyboard and mouse > (evdev??) under X. > > Has anybody else tried this, and if so, what results have you had? I have not tried it since they removed the HAL dependency, but I believe you just need to compile xorg with USE=-udev and put the correct device information into the xorg.conf file. What X uses udev for is to enumeration your devices when it starts, and associate those devices automatically with the right drivers. From what Pandu has said, X cannot be made to poll mdev for the information it needs because the conversion is "backwards" from mdev's perspective: instead of mdev sending new-device events out to listening userspace applications, X is expecting to initiate a query into the device manager, which mdev cannot do. However, if you configure that all manually then X has no more need of a device manager, udev or otherwise. --Mike
