[SOLVED] xorg-server-1.7.6 no mouse no keyboard

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Joseph_sys · Post by **Joseph_sys** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:23 am

I just upgraded to xorg-server-1.7.6 (on x86) and the only file that was touched was:
xorg.conf.example, so I did not pay attention to it. Now after reboot, keyboard and mouse are not responding.
Where is the upgrade guide, no information was enclosed after emerge nor there is anything in "eselect news"

How to fix it?

champ · Post by **champ** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:40 am

What video driver do you have? Many people have been having problems with xorg-sever-1.7.6, including myself. It seems to be especially a problem for NVIDIA drivers. Search the forums for some more details.

Joseph_sys · Post by **Joseph_sys** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:57 am

Originally I was using xorg.conf without "hall", in xorg.conf I had:

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Section "ServerFlags"

# If you don't want to use HAL, you can either build xorg-server with
# USE="-hal" or you can turn AutoAddDevices option off in the ServerFlags
# section of your xorg.conf.

 Option      "AutoAddDevices"    "false"

but after reboot kyboard and mouse stop responding.
In xorg.conf I have:
Driver "nv"

I disable option:
# Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
so "hal" takes effect but without any effect.
I'm just looking up in Gentoo docs how to enable 'hal'
I removed "xorg.conf" and copy as per instructions:

For example, to get a basic working keyboard/mouse combination, you could copy the following files to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/:

Code Listing 3.1: Using HAL policy files

# cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy
# cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy

but still nothing keyboard and mouse are not responding.

What a screw-up!

champ · Post by **champ** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:16 am

Joseph,

If you want to use hal then you should be using the evdev driver for input devices. You need to enable evdev support in the kernel and then

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emerge xf86-input-evdev

Then add

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Option "AllowEmtpyInput" "on"

in the ServerFlags section of xorg.conf

Joseph_sys · Post by **Joseph_sys** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:27 am

I see, in kernel:

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Device Drivers --->
  Input device support --->
  <*>  Event interface

make.conf: (for keyboard and mouse)
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa fbdev"

and in xorg.conf (only):
Option "AllowEmtpyInput" "on"

and yes, I'll emerge:
emerge xf86-input-evdev

Did I miss anything?

salahx · Post by **salahx** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:42 am

Same problem here. Turns it its not a HAL or driver issue, but an X ABI issue. You need to rebuild all your xorg drivers:

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qlist  -I -C | grep ^x11-drivers/ | xargs emerge -1

champ · Post by **champ** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:44 am

The actual kernel config option for evdev is

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Device Drivers --->
  Input device support --->
  <*>  Generic Input Driver (needed for ...)

You can make sure by doing

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grep EVDEV /usr/src/linux/.config

which should give

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CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y

Joseph_sys · Post by **Joseph_sys** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:45 am

I did all the above, but I'm back to command line no "X", startx doesn't work.
How does xorg.conf should looks like with "hal" do I need "xorg.conf" at all?

Joseph_sys · Post by **Joseph_sys** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:57 am

Yes, I have in kernel:
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y

did:
emerge $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers)

I deleted "xorg.conf"
I think "hal" doesn't need one.

So, now everything (keyboard, mouse) are working, this time with "HAL"
Thanks to all.

uraes · Post by **uraes** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:41 pm

next time look at xorg log file. I had same problem and in log was line:

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(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 2.3.2
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(EE) module ABI major version (4) doesn't match the server's version (7)

and for fix I just re-emerged x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev and restarted X

qfly · Post by **qfly** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:29 pm

uraes wrote:next time look at xorg log file. I had same problem and in log was line:
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(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 2.3.2
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(EE) module ABI major version (4) doesn't match the server's version (7)
and for fix I just re-emerged x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev and restarted X

I fix this problem with re-emerged x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev too.

Caligatio · Post by **Caligatio** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:30 pm

salahx wrote:Same problem here. Turns it its not a HAL or driver issue, but an X ABI issue. You need to rebuild all your xorg drivers:
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qlist  -I -C | grep ^x11-drivers/ | xargs emerge -1

This worked like a charm for me, my I emerged the x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev on my own but missed the synaptics touchpad driver

r3tep · Post by **r3tep** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:09 pm

I had the same problem here and was able to fix it by myself.

As my X was up, I found this in my mails (PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES in my make.conf was configured but I've not read it

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WARN: postinst
You must rebuild all drivers if upgrading from xorg-server 1.6
or earlier, because the ABI changed. If you cannot start X because
of module version mismatch errors, this is your problem.
You can generate a list of all installed packages in the x11-drivers
category using this command:
emerge portage-utils; qlist -I -C x11-drivers/

amightywind · Post by **amightywind** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:11 am

@uraes Thanks for the solution, and don't be such a snot.

lemans24 · Post by **lemans24** » Mon May 24, 2010 2:34 pm

I got the same problem, (nvidia video card not so friendly in linux environment), after upgrading the system with emerge --deep world, can' t recognize mouse keyboard and touchpad. I googled for days before finding this post.

I fixed, as you suggested, reinstalling evdev drivers:

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emerge -av xf86-input-evdev.

Now all seem to be good, I wonder if it's better reinstalling all the drivers packages in the output of

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qlist -I -C x11-xdrivers

or safely leave all in such way.
For sure below these conditions (nvidia drivers) I am not so looking forward to upgrade my system again.

Gentoo is great, many thanks for your job.