Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Florian Philipp <
lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> wrote:

> alain.didierjean@free.fr schrieb:
> > Definitly, an update shouldn't break an existing working configuration!
> This
> > happens these days only too often with the Xorg + hal mess.
> > I happen to use linux as a working tool and 3 days without being able to
> launch
> > a working X is a source of problems! This is the second time. As for hal
> config,
> > the author should remember that ol'saying:KISS for Keep It Simple,
> Stupid.
> > Now, with or without /etc/X11/xorg.conf, my machine (amd64), updated to
> > libxcb-1.4, xorg-1.6 and hal last version launches X all right, only
> mouse and
> > keyboard are not working !
> > A line in /var/log/Xorg.0.log says:
> > (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or
> 'vmmouse'
> > will be disabled.
> > Where is that b..... AllowEmptyOption  ? certainly not in xorg.conf.
> > How do I get back some input on X screen ?
> > I also get (with xorg.conf)
> > (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module doesn't exist, 0)
> > (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module doesn't exist, 0)
> > Please help before I turn crazy (it might be too late)
> >
>
> With 'launches X' do you mean your desktop environment (login -> startx)
> or xdm/kdm/gdm?
>
> In any case, try to add
>
> Option         "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
>
> to your xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout"
>
> However, for me this has tripled any key press and also messed up some
> other things.
>
> You (and anyone else, actually) might also want to add
>
> Option      "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
>
> to the Section "InputDevice" of your keyboard. This will reenable
> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace for killing X.
>
>
This is interesting, and I'd like to try it, but my xorg.conf does not have
an "InputDevice" section, or anything specific about keyboards or mice.

How should I add this safely?

++ kevin


> For me, X started to work again after removing ~/.Xauthority.
>
>


-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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