Re: switch xorg.conf from evdev to kbd?
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 04:22:26PM +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: I've had progressively more and more problems with my Dell Studio 15 keyboard; both the repeating-characters bug (which is known as outstanding) but also now I get extremely frequent dropped keystrokes. Repeated keystroke bug? Can you post a link to the FDO bug number for reference? I'd imagine repeated keystrokes are related to a manually configured system + HAL autoconfiguration. triple keypresses have so far always been misconfigurations. there's a few autorepeat bugs with evdev though that I've never been able to track down - lack of time mostly. Some googling has led me to think there may be issues with the new evdev xorg device, so I'd like to try the old 'kbd' configuration and see if that makes any difference. /me quickly checks man xorg.conf Option AllowEmptyInput boolean If enabled, don't add the standard keyboard and mouse drivers, if there are no input devices in the config file. Enabled by default if AutoAddDevices and AutoEnableDevices is enabled, oth‐ erwise disabled. If AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using the kbd, mouse or vmmouse driver are ignored. Option AutoAddDevices boolean If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events. Enabled by default. Option AutoEnableDevices boolean If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the DevicePresenceNotify event sent), but not enabled, thus leaving policy up to the client. Enabled by default. So right at the top of your xorg.conf, just put: Option AutoAddDevices false in the flags section and you should be set to define the devices manually. I'm sure someone will pipe up if I've not got the whole story. yeah, you're right. also, an xorg.conf containing simply Section ServerFlags Option AutoAddDevices off EndSection suffices since then the server creates the default keyboard device anyway (with the keyboard driver). Alternatively, either copy that section into your existing config or add the line to the ServerLayout section, that'd work to. Cheers, Peter ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
switch xorg.conf from evdev to kbd?
Can someone advise how to xorg.conf keyboard device from evdev to the old 'kbd' (e.g. what's the whole xorg.conf stanza I have to put in)? I confess I'm not *completely* sure which version of X I'm on--Xorg -version below says 1.6.0, but that doesn't seem right (this is on Ubuntu, and yes I've also asked this on the Ubuntu mailing list/forum). I've had progressively more and more problems with my Dell Studio 15 keyboard; both the repeating-characters bug (which is known as outstanding) but also now I get extremely frequent dropped keystrokes. I know it's not the hardware, because I dual-boot to Vista and it doesn't happen *at all*. Some googling has led me to think there may be issues with the new evdev xorg device, so I'd like to try the old 'kbd' configuration and see if that makes any difference. Thanks, dwh $ Xorg -version X.Org X Server 1.6.0 Release Date: 2009-2-25 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server i686 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux dwh-laptop 2.6.28-16-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 20 19:48:24 UTC 2009 i686 Build Date: 09 April 2009 02:10:02AM xorg-server 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14 (bui...@rothera.buildd) -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
Re: switch xorg.conf from evdev to kbd?
'Twas brillig, and Denis Haskin at 24/10/09 15:18 did gyre and gimble: Can someone advise how to xorg.conf keyboard device from evdev to the old 'kbd' (e.g. what's the whole xorg.conf stanza I have to put in)? I confess I'm not *completely* sure which version of X I'm on--Xorg -version below says 1.6.0, but that doesn't seem right (this is on Ubuntu, and yes I've also asked this on the Ubuntu mailing list/forum). You've asked on an Ubuntu list and no-one there says, Yeah 1.6.0 sounds about right.? That is indeed the version the *xserver* you are running and I'm surprised no one else was able to confirm that. The term X on it's own may mean the whole collection of X stuff (e.g. libx11, xterm etc etc.) not just the xserver. This is bundled together and given it's own collective version number, which is where your confusion has probably come in. I've had progressively more and more problems with my Dell Studio 15 keyboard; both the repeating-characters bug (which is known as outstanding) but also now I get extremely frequent dropped keystrokes. Repeated keystroke bug? Can you post a link to the FDO bug number for reference? I'd imagine repeated keystrokes are related to a manually configured system + HAL autoconfiguration. Some googling has led me to think there may be issues with the new evdev xorg device, so I'd like to try the old 'kbd' configuration and see if that makes any difference. /me quickly checks man xorg.conf Option AllowEmptyInput boolean If enabled, don't add the standard keyboard and mouse drivers, if there are no input devices in the config file. Enabled by default if AutoAddDevices and AutoEnableDevices is enabled, oth‐ erwise disabled. If AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using the kbd, mouse or vmmouse driver are ignored. Option AutoAddDevices boolean If this option is disabled, then no devices will be added from HAL events. Enabled by default. Option AutoEnableDevices boolean If this option is disabled, then the devices will be added (and the DevicePresenceNotify event sent), but not enabled, thus leaving policy up to the client. Enabled by default. So right at the top of your xorg.conf, just put: Option AutoAddDevices false in the flags section and you should be set to define the devices manually. I'm sure someone will pipe up if I've not got the whole story. Col. -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/] ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
