On 03/19/2013 02:13 PM, James Tyrer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 8:27 PM, James Tyrer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Note that this is a temporary account and I am temporary running on a >> Fedora 15 CD till I get my new Linux from scratch system to work. I >> need help. >> >> X.Org X Server 1.14.0 >> >> I think that I followed the instruction and this is not the first time >> I have built the X11 server. I started building XFree86. Everyting >> appeared to go OK but when I started it for the first time with >> "startx" it opened with TWM and looked OK but the mouse and the >> keyboard didn't work. A google search reveals that others have the >> same problem but I didn't really see the solution to the problem. >> >> X is installed with PREFIX=/usr/X11R7 Which is where I installed it >> last time although on a different disk. >> >> I checked the X log. The module path appears correct: >> >> [ 35004.515] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R7/lib/xorg/modules" >> >> The configure file for the mouse: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/mouse-0.conf: >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Mouse0" >> Driver "evdev" >> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" >> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" >> Option "Buttons" "5" >> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >> Option "Name" "Logitech M100" >> EndSection >> >> looks OK, but the X log reports: >> >> [ 35012.524] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB >> Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0) >> [ 35012.524] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device. >> >> and the mouse and the keyboard simply do not work with X although they >> work fine in text mode. >> > Problem resolved. I found a archived email on line that pointed out > that there is also a Linux Kernel EvDev Driver. It appears that I was > missing it. Now that I find this, it was the only possible and the > obvious answer since I did everything the same and it didn't work. > What I didn't do was compile a new driver into the Kernel. Perhaps it > would be worth mentioning in the BLFS book that it is needed. >
That's already in the book. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/x7driver.html#xorg-evdev-driver Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: Device Drivers ---> Input Device Support ---> Event interface: Y or M Which is actually "evdev.ko" if built as module. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
