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Subject: [gentoo-user] mdev + xorg + Gnome up and running.  :-)
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Hi, Gentoo.

Yes, I've got Gnome going under mdev.  Thanks to Mike Edenfield for the
tip about needing to configure things in xorg.conf.

Here's how I did it:

(i) Rebuild xorg-server without udev.
  * Insert this line into /etc/package.use:

    x11-base/xorg-server -udev
    
  * build the program with:

    emerge xorg-server

(ii) Configure the keyboard and mouse explicitly in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(or wherever else you keep your xorg.conf).
  * Edit the two "InputDevice" sections to look like this.  The critical
    lines are emphasised:

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier  "Keyboard0"
            Driver      "evdev"                       <--------------
            Option      "Device" "/dev/input/event3"  <--------------
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
            Identifier  "Mouse0"
            Driver      "evdev"                       <--------------
            Option      "Protocol" "auto"
            Option      "Device" "/dev/input/event4"  <--------------
            Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
    EndSection

Here's another section for your instructions, Walter.  :-)

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).