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 D83C21381F3 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B90C21C082 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dizzy.wrkhors.com (68-188-122-34.static.stls.mo.charter.com [68.188.122.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB81121C02B for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:25:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wrkhors.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dizzy.wrkhors.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8293086BBE1; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:25:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:25:13 -0600 From: Steven Lembark To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Cc: lembark@wrkhors.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Keyboard Stops Working Under X Message-ID: <20121114232513.58e59e5e.lembark@wrkhors.com> In-Reply-To: <20121114194838.d9971df5cd352ef8a62aab57@comcast.net> References: <20121114141846.65bc43bca2d2ff1f177f4c98@comcast.net> <50A3F473.2080909@binarywings.net> <20121114164527.8dab73c575876fe74d36f9fe@comcast.net> <20121114194838.d9971df5cd352ef8a62aab57@comcast.net> Organization: Workhorse Computing X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.12; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Workhorse-Host: Cannibal Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6b43c4c5-8703-4fb3-ae97-041783a0f5ae X-Archives-Hash: 5e8cd8e7b1a25640326c529eee54e7c9 On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:48:38 -0500 Frank Peters wrote: > "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If that were true we'd be driving Model-T's; hell, we'd be walking. Since you probably run something later than a 386, might have replaced your MFM or RLL drives, might not even use a CRT any more, and probably drive something later than a Model-T, the point is that "keeping up" is part of managing a system. Part of that is looking at the updated modules that deal with modern hardware. The KB and mouse drivers were developed in the days of dedicated AT keyboard and mouse ports -- prior to USB with all of its switching and shared bandwidth issues. If you really, really, really want to use the old drivers then find a MB with the old hardware they were designed for and use that instead. Otherwise you will suffer far less frustration if you just keep up. -- Steven Lembark 3646 Flora Pl Workhorse Computing St Louis, MO 63110 lembark@wrkhors.com +1 888 359 3508