Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server/nvidia/x86-driver updated: No kbd, no mouse

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

walt <w41ter@gmail.com> [10-04-25 17:56]:
> On 04/25/2010 06:28 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> 
> >[  2806.923] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
> >[  2806.923] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
> >[  2806.973] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> >[  2806.973] 	compiled for 1.8.0, module version = 2.4.0
> >[  2806.973] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
> >[  2806.973] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 9.0
> >[  2806.973] (**) Logitech N48: always reports core events
> >[  2806.973] (**) Logitech N48: Device: "/dev/input/mouse0"
> >[  2806.984] (EE) ioctl EVIOCGNAME failed: Inappropriate ioctl for 
> >device
> >[  2807.016] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> >
> >
> >
> >"Inappropiate ioctl" looks like some version mismatch between kernel
> >interface and ... what?
> 
> Notice that the error message appeared between loading evdev and 
> unloading
> evdev, so I read that as meaning you need to recompile evdev.
> 
> I'm not entirely clear yet about how 1.8 handles input devices, but I 
> think
> it uses evdev automatically even if you don't have it in your 
> xorg.conf.
> 
> 

That was also my first thought, but evdev was recompiled -- as I wrote
in my initial mail...

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