From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDF24138330 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 07:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EE31EE0B8D; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 07:12:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2E1CE0B7E for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 07:12:02 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0DfAgALW9BX/ysrq8BdHRODIQEBAQEBHoFTuECCA4YWBAICgWk5FAECAQEBAQEBAV4nhGIBAQMBJxMcKAsLIRMSDwUlN4hCCLxVAQEIAiWKfYUMgmGCLwEEmVmPM4Fih3gXhXSMUIN7HjaEbCA0hVYBAQE X-IPAS-Result: A0DfAgALW9BX/ysrq8BdHRODIQEBAQEBHoFTuECCA4YWBAICgWk5FAECAQEBAQEBAV4nhGIBAQMBJxMcKAsLIRMSDwUlN4hCCLxVAQEIAiWKfYUMgmGCLwEEmVmPM4Fih3gXhXSMUIN7HjaEbCA0hVYBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.30,296,1470715200"; d="scan'208";a="272047383" Received: from 192-171-43-43.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO waltdnes.org) ([192.171.43.43]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 10 Sep 2016 03:12:00 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 10 Sep 2016 03:11:59 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 03:11:59 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?) Message-ID: <20160910071159.GA3024@waltdnes.org> References: <20160909045009.GA2472@waltdnes.org> <57D2D28F.6070306@gmail.com> <20160910012040.GA9475@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: bda05fb7-8fa7-4a09-9af9-5f1d3a8f2427 X-Archives-Hash: 38fea7c247fecb1483de518e8fb3dc2a On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:18:51PM +1000, Adam Carter wrote > I just tried uninstalling xf86-video-vesa and xf86-video-fbdev to see if > they were required, and X still runs, so you can ignore those messages. > > FWIW i'm kernel 4.7.2 with ~amd64 on a skylake i3. > > You dont appear to have evdev setup; > -> Device Drivers > -> Input device support > -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) > > and emerge xf86-input-evdev ?!?! I've never had evdev installed. Why now? Mouse and keyboard work OK. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications