From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PqrFo-00086p-3u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:10:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E1788E04ED; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:07:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B851C061 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:07:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so5674886wyf.40 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:07:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=j4Ans9PRoTb5O7vM3HwWzw122ZwldCUMiCxR8L4RaNw=; b=O/zq8aOBY+QItSMGP3cc7JYBMLxNkVLU21MQ9nBTtk/Bi5/MBRJjHI8umvY9mWIyb5 3xWv/SQWB71LWciPxQQzR0YbHBJ7XyUV87MwWT1Z04ba2zR8CeXvjU2yYKA1HM6Qr13E 6wvkZ26WdtXIqG1lkPiu0/49Qde6cRpO8ywOg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sxUaPMIcrDamYlqE2j5MMgM9/xgjViQOubTsNKDGlWIvFkbEtX27tvgqXUY3mRxglZ 8R7LdrqVz9rfWCt7EseCXBLwWXBmAjt4lG0ARcC6PMDSTHN7pJpRPpFmTFn95oymNStF A2XFVP13uqv4uzctaYpLBXSNM4mgHB/mh1wJE= 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 Received: by 10.216.170.213 with SMTP id p63mr627468wel.37.1298138839718; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:07:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.89.81 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:07:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:07:19 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] help with xorg-server-1.9.4 and no hal; broken mouse/keyboard/X From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Valmor de Almeida Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: ef5827b3a506b680bef829c6f678ec2c On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Valmor de Almeida w= rote: > Hello, > > I had a working laptop with xorg 1.7 using hal; including usb mouse > (left hand swapped buttons), synaptics for a mouse pad, hotplug > monitors in a virtual screen, etc. For this to work I had a > hand-configured xorg.conf file and additional hal policy > configurations. > > I have just updated xorg to 1.9.4 with USE -hal and removed hal in > this order (also needed to remove hal from the default run level). =C2=A0= I > tried startx using the existing xorg.conf and X does not start > correctly, I have no mouse and a frozen screen (no keyboard) with the > arrow cursor placed in the middle of the screen. I also tried to start > X without an xorg.conf; same problem. > > Here are the outputs of some commands: > > emerge --info > Portage 2.1.9.25 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.4, > glibc-2.11.2.-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 x86_64) > > emerge -pv --newuse --update --tree --with-bdeps=3Dy world > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB > > emerge --depclean -vp > Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to > the following required packages not being installed: > > =C2=A0 sys-apps/hal =C2=A0pulled in by: > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.1 > > In make.conf =C2=A0I have: > > =C2=A0USE=3D"-hal ...." > > =C2=A0INPUT_DEVICES=3D"evdev synaptics" > =C2=A0VIDEO_CARDS=3D"intel" > > Thanks for your help. > > -- > Valmor I'm guessing that you might need to use the older keyboard and mouse drivers instead of evdev. Just a guess though. - Mark