Are the --enable-kdrive-mouse and --enable-kdrive-kbd arguments necessary? They seem unrelated to the specific symptomps originally reported, and according to <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646686#12> they may have issues. From that bug comment:
On Wed 2013-03-27T14:20:34+0100 Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote: > - I did not enable kdrive-kbd, as it's completely broken. > Since it no longer fills in KdKeyboardInfo.minScanCode and > KdKeyboardInfo.maxScanCode, any keypress causes messages like: > > driver Linux console keyboard wanted to post scancode x outside of [0, 0]! > > - kdrive-mouse still works (e.g. "-mouse ps2", or "-mouse mouse" for > protocol probing, which takes some time), but the recommended way > these days is kbd-evdev, using the following (ugly) command line > parameters: > > -keybd evdev,,device=/dev/input/event0 > -mouse evdev,,device=/dev/input/event1 It seems like just adding --enable-kdrive-evdev would be sufficient and safer, no? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659793 Title: xserver-xephyr: Couldn't find keyboard driver evdev Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xorg-server” package in Debian: New Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xephyr When starting Xephyr with the following command line: Xephyr :5 -ac -screen 1280x1024 -mouse evdev,,device=/dev/input/by-id /usb-04d9_0499-event-mouse -keybd evdev,,device=/dev/input/by-id/usb- Logitech_Logitech_USB_Keyboard-event- kbd,xkbrules=xorg,xkbmodel=evdev,xkblayout=de,xkbvariant=nodeadkeys,xkboptions="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps" -dpi 100 The following messages are printed on the console: [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! Kbd option key (compose:caps) of value ((null)) not assigned! Couldn't find pointer driver evdev Couldn't find keyboard driver evdev The keyboard and mouse are not working. When downgrading xserver-xephyr to version 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7, the error messages about evdev don't appear and keyboard and mouse work as expected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xserver-xephyr 2:1.9.0-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xephyr SourcePackage: xorg-server To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/659793/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
