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 1S7zRs-00022E-Rl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:25:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D92E1E0B04; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:25:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC911E0888 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S7zQd-002LAX-NA for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:24:31 +0700 Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so9208vbb.40 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:24:28 -0700 (PDT) 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 10.52.17.82 with SMTP id m18mr3378656vdd.89.1331774668217; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:24:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:24:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120315011616.GD32691@waltdnes.org> References: <20120314152048.GC24395@acm.acm> <20120315011616.GD32691@waltdnes.org> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:24:27 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mdev: Has anybody managed to get the keyboard and mouse to work under X? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec50405d6051ba804bb3df4e2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: f56f9794-d642-4c64-960a-777370a7c1c5 X-Archives-Hash: db01ce2e4ec1c68062f030f08c124982 --bcaec50405d6051ba804bb3df4e2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mar 15, 2012 8:19 AM, "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:20:48PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote > > Hi, Gentoo. > > > > As I've said a few times in the current threads, the only thing > > preventing me from moving fully onto mdev is not having a working > > keyboard and mouse (evdev??) under X. > > > > Has anybody else tried this, and if so, what results have you had? > > I begin my USE variable with "-*" and add only the necessary stuff. > If you want to run X without udev, then compile xorg-server with > "USE=-udev". I don't have evdev installed at all. I've run X without > an xorg.conf. The only reason I have an xorg.conf now is to allow > xrandr to force a weird 1536x864 video mode on my 1920x1080 monitor when > watching one specific website. > Of course, needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), when you re-emerge X, you should re-emerge X drivers. Rgds, --bcaec50405d6051ba804bb3df4e2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mar 15, 2012 8:19 AM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 03:20:48PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote
> > Hi, Gentoo.
> >
> > As I've said a few times in the current threads, the only thi= ng
> > preventing me from moving fully onto mdev is not having a working=
> > keyboard and mouse (evdev??) under X.
> >
> > Has anybody else tried this, and if so, what results have you had= ?
>
> =C2=A0I begin my USE variable with "-*" and add only the nec= essary stuff.
> If you want to run X without udev, then compile xorg-server with
> "USE=3D-udev". =C2=A0I don't have evdev installed at all= . =C2=A0I've run X without
> an xorg.conf. =C2=A0The only reason I have an xorg.conf now is to allo= w
> xrandr to force a weird 1536x864 video mode on my 1920x1080 monitor wh= en
> watching one specific website.
>

Of course, needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), when you re-eme= rge X, you should re-emerge X drivers.

Rgds,

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