[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-18 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Crístian Viana [17/08/09 00:24]: > once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following > section to xorg.conf: > > Section "ServerFlags" >Option "AllowEmptyInput""false" > EndSection > > it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. Thanks, I tr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-17 Thread Dale
Keith Dart wrote: > === On Mon, 08/17, Dale wrote: === > >> So, another possible cause dealt with. Still watching for others >> tho. >> > > === > > Any clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? > > -- Keith Dart > > It has been a while since I tried it but I don't recall anything in there. I ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-17 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Mon, 08/17, Dale wrote: === > So, another possible cause dealt with. Still watching for others > tho. === Any clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Dale
Crístian Viana wrote: > once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the > following section to xorg.conf: > > Section "ServerFlags" >Option "AllowEmptyInput""false" > EndSection > > it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. > > -- > Crístian Deives dos

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Dale
ABCD wrote: > Dale wrote: > > I just renamed xorg.conf to something else and tried it that way. It > > didn't like that either. I followed the guide on Gentoo.org and even > > tried a couple things people mentioned on this list but it still doesn't > > work. As soon as X comes up, no mouse, no k

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Crístian Viana
once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following section to xorg.conf: Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowEmptyInput""false" EndSection it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. -- Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] Sent from Campinas

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread ABCD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dale wrote: > I just renamed xorg.conf to something else and tried it that way. It > didn't like that either. I followed the guide on Gentoo.org and even > tried a couple things people mentioned on this list but it still doesn't > work. As soon as X

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Dale
Keith Dart wrote: > === On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === > >> Try it, but it is probably something else. >> >> > > === > > BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input > configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. > With hal/evdev it is now ent

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sun, 08/16, Moshe Kamensky wrote: === > Thanks, but I tried that and it didn't help. On the other hand, I > this time when I started X the problem is gone, so it seems that the > problem is a bit random. === Gotta hate those gremlins with dice. ;-) If it happens again I have some tools tha

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Keith Dart [16/08/09 19:00]: > === On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === > > Try it, but it is probably something else. > > > > === > > BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input > configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. > With hal/evdev it is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === > Try it, but it is probably something else. > === BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. With hal/evdev it is now entirely automatic and having those in your con

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sun, 08/16, Dale wrote: === > Well, I had to disable hal on mine and so have a few others because > hal doesn't work for us. I for example ended up with a GUI but no > mouse or keyboard. So, just because something works for you does not > mean it works for everybody else. Re-emerging xorg

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Dale
Keith Dart wrote: > === On Sat, 08/15, Dale wrote: === > >> Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is >> assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. >> > > === > > FYI, I am using the latest X server with hal enabled and the evdev > input driver and it all works fin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sat, 08/15, Dale wrote: === > Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is > assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. === FYI, I am using the latest X server with hal enabled and the evdev input driver and it all works fine. -- Keith Dart -- --

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Dale [15/08/09 09:30]: > > Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming > you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. > I'll try that, thanks. pgpLl0FkYmJuE.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Dale
Moshe Kamensky wrote: > * Stroller [14/08/09 22:21]: > >> On 14 Aug 2009, at 21:26, Moshe Kamensky wrote: >> >> >>> There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have >>> deleted >>> >> LMGTHFY: >> http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Xorg%20dropping%2

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Stroller [14/08/09 22:21]: > > On 14 Aug 2009, at 21:26, Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have > > deleted > > LMGTHFY: > http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Xorg%20dropping%20keyboard%20events > Well, yes, that's wher

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events?

2009-06-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-06-30, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 29 Jun, Grant Edwards wrote: >> After recent updates Xorg on several of my machines have >> started dropping keyboard events. Sometimes it's a keydown >> event -- in which case the keystroke is ignored. Sometimes >> it's a keyup event -- in which case