Re: [gentoo-user] Lenovo USB Keyboard

[Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org>]

I'm going to guess that the keyboard driver or something is interfering
with the evdev driver?  Or you don't have proper evdev support in the
kernel?  Or is your xorg.conf telling X to use a different driver?

I don't have access to a Gentoo machine right now, but when I look at a
similar machine (same exact keyboard though). I get this:

$ egrep -i '(key|evdev)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
(II) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Found keys
(II) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ThinkPad Extra
Buttons" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Found keys
(II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Configuring as
keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsft Microsoft Wireless
Desktop Receiver 3.1" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2
keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Found keys
(II) Microsft Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Configuring as
keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsft Microsoft Wireless
Desktop Receiver 3.1" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(II) Sleep Button: Found keys
(II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type:
KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type:
KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"

Not that it is XINPUT that is driving my keyboard, not Keyboard1.  So
I'm guessing it's the X config.

Then again, it might be gpm.  Are you using gpm?  Maybe it's grabbing
the keyboard and not letting X have it.