Re: [gentoo-user] Lenovo USB Keyboard

["Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@xunil.at>]

Albert Hopkins schrieb:
> 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.

Might be. Do you have any keyboard section in xorg.conf?
I assume I could get rid of xorg.conf at all but whenever I tried that
my X11 didn't start up anymore ...

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

No gpm running.

Stefan