Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Mick
On Friday 10 April 2009, Hartmut Figge wrote: Fred Elno: merge key=input.xkb.layout type=stringfr/merge merge key=input.xkb.variant type=string / Since yesterday i have merge key=input.xkb.layout type=stringde/merge merge key=input.xkb.variant

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Hartmut Figge
Mick: On Friday 10 April 2009, Hartmut Figge wrote: - xorg.conf - Option XkbOptionscompose:menu --- What is the meaning of the compose:menu? Sometimes i need to input special characters like e.g. รง with my keyboard and need a way to do so. That's what

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Mick
On Saturday 11 April 2009, Hartmut Figge wrote: Mick: What is the meaning of the compose:menu? So i have need of a compose key. Years ago there was a combination of AltGr and Shift_Left which could be used but that stopped to work. I see, I should have phrased my question differently:

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Hartmut Figge
Mick: [ merge key=input.xkb.options type=stringcompose:menu/merge ] I see, I should have phrased my question differently: which is the compose key ... It is easy to misunderstand. Especially for me with my lack of knowledge of english. ;) I don't have a key that is called compose, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Fred Elno
Dale: Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the thing. *g* Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: [...] Yea, one of those lines disables hal tho which I think is the whole point of this upgrade. HAL is a very minor thing in this update. But with an old kernel, well, I can only see problems in the long run. Especially since you're using outdated DRM kernel drivers. If I

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Hartmut Figge
Fred Elno: merge key=input.xkb.layout type=stringfr/merge merge key=input.xkb.variant type=string / Since yesterday i have merge key=input.xkb.layout type=stringde/merge merge key=input.xkb.variant type=stringnodeadkeys/merge merge key=input.xkb.options

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: Sounds like you are having fun with your upgrade too. :-D On my kernel, I'm using 2.6.23. It was the last one I could get to boot so i stuck with it. This one should have the mentioned option of enabling evdev, e.g. with make menuconfig. You can do so, recompile the kernel and keep it

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Hartmut Figge
Hartmut Figge: Could't find one, [...] A missing 'n'. Surely my keyboard is the culprit. ;) Hartmut

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Dale: Sounds like you are having fun with your upgrade too. :-D On my kernel, I'm using 2.6.23. It was the last one I could get to boot so i stuck with it. This one should have the mentioned option of enabling evdev, e.g. with make menuconfig.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Dale wrote: [...] Yea, one of those lines disables hal tho which I think is the whole point of this upgrade. HAL is a very minor thing in this update. But with an old kernel, well, I can only see problems in the long run. Especially since you're using outdated

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the thing. *g* Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-09 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Dale: Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the thing. *g* Today 'emerge --sync' followed by