[gentoo-user] Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[gentoo-user] Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Hendrik Boom]

Still having trouble with my first gentoo install.  Now X fails to come
up.

The relevant message seems to be;

# grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No Input driver matching `kbd'

Presumably this indicates something isn't installed you -- but what is it
I have to emerge to get module 'kbd'?  Or is it more complicated than
that?  Would it help to post a batch of config files and the entire log
file, or would that just be wasting bandwidth?

-- hendrik

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Daniel Pielmeier]

Hendrik Boom schrieb:
> Still having trouble with my first gentoo install.  Now X fails to come
> up.
> 
> The relevant message seems to be;
> 
> # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) No Input driver matching `kbd'
> 
> Presumably this indicates something isn't installed you -- but what is it
> I have to emerge to get module 'kbd'?  Or is it more complicated than
> that?  Would it help to post a batch of config files and the entire log
> file, or would that just be wasting bandwidth?
> 
> -- hendrik
> 

Have you enabled the keyboard USE flag under INPUT_DEVICES in
xorg-xserver? You can set this in make.conf.

For information take a look here:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
Step 2 Installing Xorg.

Have you also enabled keyboard support in your kernel?

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[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Hendrik Boom]

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:53:08 +0200, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:

> Hendrik Boom schrieb:
>> Still having trouble with my first gentoo install.  Now X fails to come
>> up.
>> 
>> The relevant message seems to be;
>> 
>> # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
>> (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
>> (EE) No Input driver matching `kbd'
>> 
>> Presumably this indicates something isn't installed you -- but what is it
>> I have to emerge to get module 'kbd'?  Or is it more complicated than
>> that?  Would it help to post a batch of config files and the entire log
>> file, or would that just be wasting bandwidth?
>> 
>> -- hendrik
>> 
> 
> Have you enabled the keyboard USE flag under INPUT_DEVICES in
> xorg-xserver? You can set this in make.conf.
> 

make.conf ends with the lines

INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"

Is this what you mean?

> For information take a look here:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
> Step 2 Installing Xorg.
> 
> Have you also enabled keyboard support in your kernel?
>

I use genkernel to create the kernel.  Mind you, I ran genkernel in a
chroot under Debian Etch.  How can I tell whether keyboard support has
been enabled?

It is possible to log in as root on a text console as soon
as gentoo finishes booting (without X, of course).  Is this the keyboard
support you mean, or is this something else?

-- hendrik

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Daniel Pielmeier]

 > make.conf ends with the lines
> 
> INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
> VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
> 
> Is this what you mean?

Seems to be okay

 > I use genkernel to create the kernel.  Mind you, I ran genkernel in a
> chroot under Debian Etch.  How can I tell whether keyboard support has
> been enabled?

You can check with

zcat /proc/config.gz | grep KEYBOARD

> It is possible to log in as root on a text console as soon
> as gentoo finishes booting (without X, of course).  Is this the keyboard
> support you mean, or is this something else?
> 
> -- hendrik
>

If this is working and you can type commands you have the module enabled!

I was just guessing and don't know what is causing this problems maybe a
problem with your xorg.conf

Regards,

Daniel
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Saturday 01 September 2007 19:24:51 Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > Have you enabled the keyboard USE flag under INPUT_DEVICES in
> > xorg-xserver? You can set this in make.conf.
>
> make.conf ends with the lines
>
> INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
> VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
>
> Is this what you mean?

*nod*

# emerge -pv xorg-server
# equery check x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard

?

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[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Hendrik Boom]

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:52:11 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:

> On Saturday 01 September 2007 19:24:51 Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> > Have you enabled the keyboard USE flag under INPUT_DEVICES in
>> > xorg-xserver? You can set this in make.conf.
>>
>> make.conf ends with the lines
>>
>> INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
>> VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
>>
>> Is this what you mean?
> 
> *nod*
> 

Aha!  xorg-server!  All I saw in the docs I had been
looking at was xorg-x11.

> # emerge -pv xorg-server

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies  ..... done!
[ebuild  N    ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.1  USE="-debug" 230 kB
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.2.0-r3  USE="dri ipv6 nptl xorg -3dfx -debug -dmx -kdrive -minimal -sdl -xprint" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard* mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -evdev -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 (-impact) -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128 -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 0 kB

Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 230 kB

> # equery check x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard

-bash: equery: command not found

> 

So I proceeded to emerge xorg-server for real.  No more keyboard problems.
 Instead I get the black screen of death.  The monitor on light starts
 bliking, indicating it is getting no signal, ctrl-alt-backspace and
 ctrl-alt-delete don't work, and only a hard reset on the box itself
 gets anything going.

My make.conf specifies VIDEO_CARDS="radeon", even though the automatically
generated /root/xorg.conf.new specifies

        Driver      "ati"

in the "Device" section.  Could this be a problem?  The hardware is a. ATI
Radeon all-in-wonder card.

I tried replacing ati by fbdev just to get something working, but it just
told me it couldn't find fbdev.  Presumably this driver was not installed.
 Is the proper way to install this add in fbdev to the make.conf file:

 VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fbdev"

or even 

 VIDEO_CARDS="radeon ati fbdev"

and then re-emerge xorg-server?  Or is there a more straightforward way?  I
still haven't found a way to browse the list of available packages the way
I used to do in Debian using aptitude or packages.debian.org.

-- hendrik

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo still not up -- now no kbd driver

[Eric Martin]

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Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 230 kB
> 
>> # equery check x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
> 
> -bash: equery: command not found
> 
> 

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[gentoo-user] Re: X now starts. (was: Gentoo still not up ...)

[Hendrik Boom]

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:30:03 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> 
> So I proceeded to emerge xorg-server for real.  No more keyboard problems.
>  Instead I get the black screen of death.  The monitor on light starts
>  bliking, indicating it is getting no signal, ctrl-alt-backspace and
>  ctrl-alt-delete don't work, and only a hard reset on the box itself
>  gets anything going.
> 
> My make.conf specifies VIDEO_CARDS="radeon", even though the automatically
> generated /root/xorg.conf.new specifies
> 
>         Driver      "ati"
> 
> in the "Device" section.  Could this be a problem?  The hardware is a. ATI
> Radeon all-in-wonder card.
> 
> I tried replacing ati by fbdev just to get something working, but it just
> told me it couldn't find fbdev.  Presumably this driver was not installed.
>  Is the proper way to install this add in fbdev to the make.conf file:
> 
>  VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fbdev"
> 
> or even 
> 
>  VIDEO_CARDS="radeon ati fbdev"
> 
> and then re-emerge xorg-server? 

Well, that worked.

  X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

gives me the usual grey tweed pattern and an X cursor.  Both the ati and
radeon drivers work, but fbdev doesn't -- not that I need it any more, of
course.

> Or is there a more
straightforward way?
>  I still haven't found a way to browse the list of available packages
> the way I used to do in Debian using aptitude or packages.debian.org.
> 
> -- hendrik
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X now starts.

[b.n.]

Hendrik Boom ha scritto:

>>  I still haven't found a way to browse the list of available packages
>> the way I used to do in Debian using aptitude or packages.debian.org.

Well, before the "incident", http://packages.gentoo.org/ was online. Now
we have to wait.

In the meantime, emerge gentoolkit and emerge eix .Eix is a great tool.

As for Portage (X-based) GUIs, I don't use them, but AFAIK the most
mature of them is Kuroo. I don't know of text-based interfaces, I
remember me and some guy on the ML planned to write one but never did.

m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X now starts.

[Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman]

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b.n. wrote:
> As for Portage (X-based) GUIs, I don't use them, but AFAIK the most
> mature of them is Kuroo. I don't know of text-based interfaces, I
> remember me and some guy on the ML planned to write one but never did.

Yep. With me. Genetic. The devel team members had other things to do, so they said goodbye. You
started your own, and I went into the OpenPGP Extensions for HTTP project.

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