On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 21:43 +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote: > On 26/02/2016 21:21, Pat Barnes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have just built XORG 7.7using BLFS-systemd development version > > 02-24-2016. The LFS version is systemd-7.9-rc2. > > > > I built the XORG system and build the event driver including all of its > > dependencies and the Nouveau driver. I brought up the X-Windows desktop > > using startx. The video works fine and I get the desktop with 5h3 three > > X terms, the clock, etc. However, neither the mouse nor the keyboard > > work. I had to kill startx from an ssh session to shutdown the X-Windows > > desktop, This rang a bell. My first though was that one of devices had a > > security problem, but when I used root to bring up X-windows, I got the > > same result. I then used Google and found the problem described for > > Arch-Linux (my usual go-to for configuration when I'm bringing up > > software not described by LFS/BLFS). This gave me the answer. I needed > > the event driver configuration > > file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf] > > > > Since I was building this sytem from a BLFS-systemd-7.8 system (kinda > > since that was/is only in the current development branch), I had an > > existing file that I had gotten before and adding it to my new system > > fixed the problem. > > > > The comment that starts the files is that its necessary for any > > udev-based system. > > > > So, while my problem is solved, I think the book needs to be updated to > > supply such a file or at least instructions for creating that file. > > > > I usually use the config file shipped with the evdev driver and automatically > installed as /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (with just one > modification for the French keyboard) and it works. Did you have to change > that file and install another one? > > Pierre > Apparently the one that came with the driver did not install when I ran the make install. This happened the last time I built Xorg 7.7 a couple of months ago, so I'm not sure if its something new with 7.7. I did not have this problem with 7.6. I got the file I used from Arch-Linux in a link that was supplied tro someone using Arch linux that had a similar problem.
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