From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 762211381F3 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 01:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2573EE083D; Wed, 15 May 2013 01:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5CBDE083D for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 01:56:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=DKcNElxb c=1 sm=0 a=z24K/L0qm29fGQ1mPCDDQQ==:17 a=oFojtMtyxSwA:10 a=QUiRZEtCktgA:10 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=WILXSkqkZeUA:10 a=YNTxxbjF4n4b_ryAoaMA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=z24K/L0qm29fGQ1mPCDDQQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 24.242.96.89 Received: from [24.242.96.89] ([24.242.96.89:1033] helo=[192.168.233.68]) by hrndva-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 13/BB-12729-D4BE2915; Wed, 15 May 2013 01:56:29 +0000 Message-ID: <5192EB61.1030900@gt.rr.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 20:56:49 -0500 From: Don Wilburn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130328 Thunderbird/17.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Xorg installation References: <518D5DCD.5080602@gt.rr.com> <518D6422.2050506@spamcop.net> <518D750C.2060004@gt.rr.com> <1368226517.12026.12.camel@n-its-7of9.mcis.washington.edu> <518DA70B.1030409@gt.rr.com> <518DCFCD.5020008@spamcop.net> <518EA5F6.4090600@gt.rr.com> <518EFEC6.1040301@spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: <518EFEC6.1040301@spamcop.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5b975d93-0d1d-4a16-bfd5-3c72bf319d97 X-Archives-Hash: a97fcb7a2f7f059a398fc3a10396a7e9 Now I suspect the problem here is because udev and virtual/udev were built with keymap support turned off. That's the most terse way I can describe it. This may be because of the desktop profile. I'm no developer. I assume keymap support was turned off for a reason. Can anyone enlighten me about this? The long story is that I knew saying my alpha was "locked up" was not a proper description. I enabled login via a serial port. Indeed, linux was working. So, now I can kill X more gracefully. After running emerge -tav to reinstall xorg-servers, it told me that virtual/udev without keymap may cause input device autoconfiguration to fail. So, the -keymap flag is definitely set for udev and virtual/udev on my system. I checked. My plan is to wait a bit in case someone offers advice. Failing that, I'll try rebuilding udev and virtual/udev without turning off keymap. If/when that doesn't work, I'll investigate manual configuration of the xorg input devices. Adios, DW