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 E01621381F3 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 16:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2EE6AE086D; Wed, 15 May 2013 16:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF558E086D for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 16:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f48.google.com (mail-qa0-f48.google.com [209.85.216.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mattst88) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C933033DF46 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 16:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id i13so1202434qae.7 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 09:42:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=QYl0Z1Ky1xlSCOv7dj26l+eApJUzz768qy7t5HVkOj0=; b=BxihtZAnvazqsUxLrz0ByVBeD9M85zre0raEfOGgc17r/3OuDH2uMAiLBx1Rpji33u M8f2jKvZm/PQN/6dq/pEVu+f8QMk/QRFsSnv2F7jl9G7V3WaFTloKgjXl5PqLRWTQd8t koBulWLhFvWYX2+pKz294bYIborQcXLcUKvJ6kH4tkgMRMp0nxoRLYZCn7DS4oKMK4YW 6Buz5mHxT8UXeJbxtRf+2oY0SoHaZ5V77KfoX9kgKTGSTZY9BLMzO6LtjxIOkdaffEBo Ey4B+RGSDcQkXjQekJQL9tUX3rSX4TLtr22cGciW8wvhBhmdnRe6caPm3WurasX7FFRf 1N3Q== X-Received: by 10.229.162.209 with SMTP id w17mr549842qcx.42.1368636121282; Wed, 15 May 2013 09:42:01 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.49.3.227 with HTTP; Wed, 15 May 2013 09:41:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5192EB61.1030900@gt.rr.com> 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> <5192EB61.1030900@gt.rr.com> From: Matt Turner Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 09:41:41 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Xorg installation To: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 17bb0f71-5e46-4099-bdfe-fef01d5683c7 X-Archives-Hash: b1be5707f1aa84fd06e9530f0905bd51 On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Don Wilburn wrote: > 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 > Enabling keymap support in udev sounds like it's worth a shot. If you don't get a chance to try it I might soon. I'm updating my alpha now. Thanks, Matt