[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
* Crístian Viana cristiandei...@gmail.com [17/08/09 00:24]: once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following section to xorg.conf: Section ServerFlags Option AllowEmptyInputfalse EndSection it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. Thanks, I tried that, but it didn't help... -- Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil pgpq3k4aTKbmy.pgp Description: PGP signature
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=== On Mon, 08/17, Dale wrote: === So, another possible cause dealt with. Still watching for others tho. === Any clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz public key: ID: 19017044 http://www.dartworks.biz/ =
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Keith Dart wrote: === On Mon, 08/17, Dale wrote: === So, another possible cause dealt with. Still watching for others tho. === Any clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? -- Keith Dart It has been a while since I tried it but I don't recall anything in there. I need to try this again tho since I know how to use the SysRq keys now. Dale :-) :-)
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=== On Sat, 08/15, Dale wrote: === Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. === FYI, I am using the latest X server with hal enabled and the evdev input driver and it all works fine. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz public key: ID: 19017044 http://www.pycopia.net/ =
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Keith Dart wrote: === On Sat, 08/15, Dale wrote: === Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. === FYI, I am using the latest X server with hal enabled and the evdev input driver and it all works fine. -- Keith Dart Well, I had to disable hal on mine and so have a few others because hal doesn't work for us. I for example ended up with a GUI but no mouse or keyboard. So, just because something works for you does not mean it works for everybody else. Re-emerging xorg-server with hal disabled works just fine so I and a few others are not using hal. I don't know if this will help the OP or not but it is worth a try. Dale :-) :-)
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=== On Sun, 08/16, Dale wrote: === Well, I had to disable hal on mine and so have a few others because hal doesn't work for us. I for example ended up with a GUI but no mouse or keyboard. So, just because something works for you does not mean it works for everybody else. Re-emerging xorg-server with hal disabled works just fine so I and a few others are not using hal. Yes, but my point is that, likewise, just because something doesn't work for you does not mean it won't work for everybody else. ;-) I don't know if this will help the OP or not but it is worth a try. Try it, but it is probably something else. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz ===
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=== On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === Try it, but it is probably something else. === BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. With hal/evdev it is now entirely automatic and having those in your config can confuse things. It's actually kind of nice that the X server config is getting smaller all the time. :-) -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz ===
[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
* Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz [16/08/09 19:00]: === On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === Try it, but it is probably something else. === BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. With hal/evdev it is now entirely automatic and having those in your config can confuse things. It's actually kind of nice that the X server config is getting smaller all the time. :-) Thanks, but I tried that and it didn't help. On the other hand, I this time when I started X the problem is gone, so it seems that the problem is a bit random. Thanks, Moshe pgp43oNBOgiz1.pgp Description: PGP signature
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=== On Sun, 08/16, Moshe Kamensky wrote: === Thanks, but I tried that and it didn't help. On the other hand, I this time when I started X the problem is gone, so it seems that the problem is a bit random. === Gotta hate those gremlins with dice. ;-) If it happens again I have some tools that can determine if the problem is in the X server, or the Linux kernel input/event subsystem. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz ===
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Keith Dart wrote: === On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === Try it, but it is probably something else. === BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. With hal/evdev it is now entirely automatic and having those in your config can confuse things. It's actually kind of nice that the X server config is getting smaller all the time. :-) -- Keith Dart I just renamed xorg.conf to something else and tried it that way. It didn't like that either. I followed the guide on Gentoo.org and even tried a couple things people mentioned on this list but it still doesn't work. As soon as X comes up, no mouse, no keyboard. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
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I just renamed xorg.conf to something else and tried it that way. It
didn't like that either. I followed the guide on Gentoo.org and even
tried a couple things people mentioned on this list but it still doesn't
work. As soon as X comes up, no mouse, no keyboard.
Is CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV set to y or m in your kernel config? If not,
then xf86-input-evdev will not work, as you won't have the
/dev/input/event{0,1,...} devices it needs.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following section to xorg.conf: Section ServerFlags Option AllowEmptyInputfalse EndSection it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. -- Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil
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ABCD wrote:
Dale wrote:
I just renamed xorg.conf to something else and tried it that way. It
didn't like that either. I followed the guide on Gentoo.org and even
tried a couple things people mentioned on this list but it still doesn't
work. As soon as X comes up, no mouse, no keyboard.
Is CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV set to y or m in your kernel config? If not,
then xf86-input-evdev will not work, as you won't have the
/dev/input/event{0,1,...} devices it needs.
Mine is set to build in the kernel.
r...@smoker / # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
r...@smoker / #
So, another possible cause dealt with. Still watching for others tho.
Dale
:-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
Crístian Viana wrote: once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following section to xorg.conf: Section ServerFlags Option AllowEmptyInputfalse EndSection it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. -- Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil Yea, that does the same as disabling hal tho. Just faster than recompiling xorg-server with -hal. I forgot about doing it that way. I'm getting to old. :/ Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
* Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk [14/08/09 22:21]: On 14 Aug 2009, at 21:26, Moshe Kamensky wrote: There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have deleted LMGTHFY: http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8oe=utf8q=Xorg%20dropping%20keyboard%20events Well, yes, that's where I found it, but there doesn't seem to be any solution there. pgpiNrc4JKBhK.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Moshe Kamensky wrote: * Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk [14/08/09 22:21]: On 14 Aug 2009, at 21:26, Moshe Kamensky wrote: There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have deleted LMGTHFY: http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8oe=utf8q=Xorg%20dropping%20keyboard%20events Well, yes, that's where I found it, but there doesn't seem to be any solution there. Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
* Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [15/08/09 09:30]: Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. I'll try that, thanks. pgpLl0FkYmJuE.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events?
On 2009-06-30, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 29 Jun, Grant Edwards wrote: After recent updates Xorg on several of my machines have started dropping keyboard events. Sometimes it's a keydown event -- in which case the keystroke is ignored. Sometimes it's a keyup event -- in which case the key repeats indefinitely until another key is pressed. [...] Has anybody else seen this problem pop up recently? Yes and No, I had similar problems but completely deterministic. When the keyboard is handled by hal it produces different keycodes then before. In my case the PgDn key now generates a code which was previously generated by the key right to the right Windows key. And in my .Xmodmap I had this code defined as Mode_switch which made the key dead in my editor. Try using xev to see which codes are generated by the keys which cause you problems. AFAICT, my problem happens with equal frequency for all keys. Then look at all places where X11 key codes are redefined i.e. xmodmap is called. The problem isn't that a key produces the wrong result. The problem is that sometimes a key will be missed and sometimes a key will stick until another key is pressed. It only seems to happen under heavy load (e.g. when compiling programs), and it's now happening on multiple machines. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Make me look like at LINDA RONSTADT again!! visi.com
