xorg-server 1.10 upgraded reminder (pay attention)

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hunky · Post by **hunky** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:21 pm

Oops - last night I emerged world and it upgraded xorg-server. Thought I would just log out and log back in but on log-out my computer froze up, so had to do a reboot. First indication of trouble was X wouldn't start. So I rebuilt the ati driver and hit startx and it took me into TWM - but no mouse or keyboard so was stuck. A reboot took me into the kdm log-in, but again, no keyboard or mouse so was stuck. Had to boot to SystemRescue to chroot in to fix things. As I'm on amd64, I made another error by booting to stock SystemRescue and trying to chroot. Didn't work so found I had to boot with the Rescue64 option.

So when finally chrooted in, I ran this command:

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emerge -av1 $(qlist -IC x11-drivers)

Save yourself some headache and do that from the start (after upgrading xorg).

that's all - just hoping to prevent headache for someone else.. /jd

xenon · Post by **xenon** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:51 pm

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:07 pm

Yep, and at the end of your emerge, you see a warning to rebuild your x11-drivers packages.

hunky · Post by **hunky** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:29 pm

Yep, and at the end of your emerge, you see a warning to rebuild your x11-drivers packages.

Unfortunately in my case I did not. That is because of a current bug in mjpegtools (unstable) that causes that build to fail. So my emerge world failed on that package and I then did an emerge --resume --skipfirst which compiled a few remaining programs but erased the previous packages ewarnings. Of course I probably could have gone into the log files but, as stated above, I didn't really think.

/jd

slackline · Post by **slackline** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:47 am

Probably worth pointing out the nvidia drivers don't work with xorg-server-1.10.0.901 as the following errors are reported...

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[    41.966] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    41.966] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    41.966] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    41.966] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    41.966] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    41.966] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[    41.966] This server has a video driver ABI version of 10.0 that is not
supported by this NVIDIA driver.  Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[    41.966] =================================================================
[    41.966] (EE) NVIDIA: Use the -ignoreABI option to override this check.
[    41.966] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    41.966] (II) Unloading nvidia
[    41.966] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
[    41.966] (EE) No drivers available.
[    41.966] 
Fatal server error:
[    41.966] no screens found

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:52 pm

Which version of the Nvidia driver are you using slack---line ?

Veldrin · Post by **Veldrin** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:03 pm

the nvidia work only if you use 270.30 (or later).
AFAIK there is currently no ebuild available, but you can reuse 270.18 rebuild...

and 270.30 works like a charm.

V.

slackline · Post by **slackline** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:01 pm

d2_racing wrote:Which version of the Nvidia driver are you using slack---line ?

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$ eix nvidia -I
[I] media-video/nvidia-settings
     Available versions:  (~)173.14.25 (~)173.14.27 (~)185.18.36 (~)190.53 195.36.24 (~)195.36.31 (~)256.44 (~)256.52 260.19.29 (~)260.19.36
     Installed versions:  260.19.36(08:33:27 03/02/11)
     Homepage:            http://www.nvidia.com/
     Description:         NVIDIA Linux X11 Settings Utility

[I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
     Available versions:  (~)96.43.09!s[1] {M}96.43.16!s {M}96.43.18!s 96.43.19!s {M}173.14.25!s {M}173.14.27!s 173.14.28!s {M}(~)190.53-r1!s {M}195.36.24!s {M}195.36.31!s {M}(~)256.44!s (~)256.44-r1!s (~)256.52!s (~)256.53!s (~)260.19.21!s {M}(~)260.19.26!s 260.19.29!s 260.19.36!s {M}(~)270.18!s {acpi custom-cflags gtk kernel_linux multilib}
     Installed versions:  270.18!s(18:34:16 04/04/11)(acpi gtk kernel_linux multilib -custom-cflags)
     Homepage:            http://www.nvidia.com/
     Description:         NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries

Might try making a local overlay then based on Veldrin's comment.

Veldrin · Post by **Veldrin** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:29 pm

erm - sorry - you cannot.

there are some changes, as the diff shows...

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--- /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.18.ebuild        2011-04-04 19:31:28.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.30.ebuild  2011-04-02 14:46:18.550282013 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.18.ebuild,v 1.2 2011/04/04 17:08:15 jlec Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.18.ebuild,v 1.1 2011/01/24 18:13:43 cardoe Exp $
 
 EAPI="2"
 
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 DESCRIPTION="NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.nvidia.com/"
-SRC_URI="x86? ( http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${PV}/${X86_NV_PACKAGE}.run )
-        amd64? ( http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${PV}/${AMD64_NV_PACKAGE}.run )
-        x86-fbsd? ( http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/FreeBSD-x86/${PV}/${X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE}.tar.gz )"
+SRC_URI="x86? ( ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${PV}/${X86_NV_PACKAGE}.run )
+        amd64? ( ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${PV}/${AMD64_NV_PACKAGE}.run )
+        x86-fbsd? ( ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/FreeBSD-x86/${PV}/${X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE}.tar.gz )"
 
 LICENSE="NVIDIA"
 SLOT="0"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 RESTRICT="strip"
 EMULTILIB_PKG="true"
 
-COMMON="<x11-base/xorg-server-1.10.0
+COMMON="<x11-base/xorg-server-1.10.99
        kernel_linux? ( >=sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1 )
        multilib? ( app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs )
        >=app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.9

V.

Post by **toralf** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:37 pm

hunky wrote:but erased the previous packages ewarnings. Of course I probably could have gone into the log files but, as stated above, I didn't really think.

/jd

Settings like these help :

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n22 ~ # grep ELOG /etc/make.conf
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="tfoerste@n22"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage <portage@n22>"

slackline · Post by **slackline** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:01 pm

Veldrin wrote:erm - sorry - you cannot.

there are some changes, as the diff shows...

Cheers for the diff, will utilise them at some point (currently not sat in front of home computer much due to the weather being nice and getting out climbing lots \o/).

slack

hunky · Post by **hunky** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:54 pm

toralf quipped:

Settings like these help :
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n22 ~ # grep ELOG /etc/make.conf
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="tfoerste@n22"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage <portage@n22>"

Thanks toralf, I'll give these a try. Hopefully I'll be smart enough that you don't start getting emails of my emerges.

cheers, JD

Post by **toralf** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:26 am

hunky wrote:Thanks toralf, I'll give these a try. Hopefully I'll be smart enough that you don't start getting emails of my emerges.

slackline · Post by **slackline** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:44 am

hard-masked x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.41.03 now in portage and work fine with x11-base/xorg-server-1.10.0.902

Just remember to update drivers with

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emerge @x11-module-rebuild && emerge @module-rebuild

slack

Matrix7 · Post by **Matrix7** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:19 am

I emerged xorg-server-1.10.0.902 and nvidia-drivers-270.41.03 today, but the combination causes a segfault on starting X. I will investigate further and report, but if anyone has experienced the same please advise if you solve it.

I get:

emerge: There are no sets to satisfy 'x11-module-rebuild'. The following sets exist:

selected
system
world

with portage-2.1.9.46, so no emerge @x11-module-rebuild && emerge @module-rebuild for me.

EDIT:

Seems as though this combination does not like nVidia SLi:

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
[ 3950.642]
X.Org X Server 1.10.0.902 (1.10.1 RC 2)
Release Date: 2011-04-08
[ 3950.663] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 3950.670] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.38-gentoo-r1 i686 Gentoo
[ 3950.677] Current Operating System: Linux XPS-M1730 2.6.38-gentoo-r1 #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 8 09:21:07 BST 2011 i686
[ 3950.685] Kernel command line: root=/dev/md0 video=uvesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1920x1200-32@60 splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
[ 3950.694] Build Date: 14 April 2011 10:24:24AM
[ 3950.702]
[ 3950.709] Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
[ 3950.716] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 3950.731] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 3950.754] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 14 10:32:02 2011
[ 3950.761] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 3950.769] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 3950.778] (==) ServerLayout "Dell XPS-M1730"
[ 3950.778] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 3950.778] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 3950.778] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
[ 3950.778] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 3950.778] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 3950.778] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 3950.778] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 3950.779] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera" does not exist.
[ 3950.779] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 3950.779] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latex-xft-fonts" does not exist.
[ 3950.779] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 3950.779] (**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/default,
/usr/share/fonts/corefonts,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
/usr/share/fonts/freefonts,
/usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts,
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu,
/usr/share/fonts/unifont,
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts,
/usr/share/fonts/intlfonts,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/lyx,
/usr/share/fonts/Speedo,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk-fonts,
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[ 3950.779] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 3950.779] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 3950.779] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 3950.779] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 3950.779] (II) Loader magic: 0x81e4d60
[ 3950.779] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 3950.779] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 3950.779] X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[ 3950.779] X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[ 3950.779] X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
[ 3950.780] (--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 10de:060b:1028:019c rev 162, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xf4000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000ef00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 3950.780] (--) PCI: (0:4:0:0) 10de:060b:1028:019c rev 162, Mem @ 0xf1000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xf2000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000df00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 3950.780] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 3950.780] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 3950.781] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3950.781] compiled for 1.10.0.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3950.781] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3950.781] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 3950.781] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 3950.781] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3950.781] compiled for 1.10.0.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3950.781] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3950.781] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 3950.781] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 3950.781] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 3950.803] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 3950.803] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3950.803] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3950.803] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 270.41.03 Sat Apr 9 00:22:20 PDT 2011
[ 3950.803] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 3950.803] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 3950.803] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 3950.803] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3950.803] compiled for 1.10.0.902, module version = 1.13.0
[ 3950.803] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3950.803] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 3950.803] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 3950.803] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 3950.804] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri
[ 3950.804] (II) UnloadModule: "dri"
[ 3950.804] (II) Unloading dri
[ 3950.804] (EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 3950.812] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 3950.813] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri2
[ 3950.813] (II) UnloadModule: "dri2"
[ 3950.813] (II) Unloading dri2
[ 3950.813] (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 3950.820] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 3950.820] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 3950.820] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 3950.820] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3950.821] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 3950.821] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 270.41.03 Sat Apr 9 00:06:27 PDT 2011
[ 3950.821] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 3950.821] (--) using VT number 7

[ 3950.839] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 3950.840] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 3950.840] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3950.840] compiled for 1.10.0.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3950.840] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 3950.840] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 3950.840] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3950.840] compiled for 1.10.0.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3950.840] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 3950.840] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 3950.840] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 3950.840] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 3950.840] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 3950.840] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 3950.840] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 3950.840] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 3951.979] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (LGD (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D Vision
[ 3951.979] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): stereo.
[ 3951.987] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9800M GT (G92) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.2c.02.04
[ 3951.987] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9800M GT at PCI:3:0:0
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): LGD (DFP-0)
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): LGD (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 3951.987] (--) NVIDIA(0): LGD (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
[ 3952.062] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
[ 3952.062] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 3952.062] (II) NVIDIA(0): "1920x1200"
[ 3952.062] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1200
[ 3953.087] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (131, 132); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 3953.087] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 3953.088] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 3958.211] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:4:0:0. Please
[ 3958.211] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): check your system's kernel log for additional error
[ 3958.211] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
[ 3958.211] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): README for additional information.
[ 3958.211] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
[ 3958.211]
Backtrace:
[ 3958.211] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x809db18]
[ 3958.211] Segmentation fault at address (nil)
[ 3958.211]
Fatal server error:
[ 3958.211] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[ 3958.211]
[ 3958.211]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 3958.212] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 3958.212]

baaann · Post by **baaann** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:30 am

Did you follow the elog instructions?

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WARN: postinst                                                                   │
│You must rebuild all drivers if upgrading from <xorg-server-1.10                 │
│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/

That said I am having issues with black windows(in KDE) since the upgrade

ExecutorElassus · Post by **ExecutorElassus** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:27 pm

I rebuilt all the dependent drivers, and - while I get to a login screen - I have no keyboard input. I updated to nvidia-drivers-270-41-03, and xorg-server-1.10.0.902.

EDIT2: changed this post a bit, as I rejiggered my xorg.conf (removing the "InputDevice" sections for mouse and keyboard, and putting them into the file xorg.conf.d/11-inputs.conf, which reads:

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Section "InputClass"
   Identifier   "Mouse0"
   MatchIsPointer "on"
   Driver       "mouse"
   Option       "AutoEnableDevices" "true"
   Option       "AutoAddDevices" "true"
   Option       "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
   Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
   Identifier   "Keyboard0"
   MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
   Driver       "kbd"
   Option       "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
   Option       "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option       "XkbLayout" "de"
   Option       "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
   Option       "XkbOptions" "lb3:ralt_switch"
   Option       "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
   Option       "AutoEnableDevices" "true"
   Option       "AutoAddDevices" "true"
EndSection

The mouse loads fine, but not the keyboard. I've also tried setting the driver to "evdev" and "keyboard" to no avail.

Any guesses what's going on?

Cheers,

EE

Gusar · Post by **Gusar** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:56 pm

You have an outdated xorg.conf. Replace it with just this:

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Section "Device"
    Identifier "Nvidia Card"
    Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

and let X's automatic handling do the rest. You'll need to install xf86-input-evdev for that. It is this driver that now handles keyboard and mouse.

ExecutorElassus · Post by **ExecutorElassus** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:02 pm

Gusar: you mean me? The entire content of my xorg.conf should just be those four lines?

Just want to be sure before I nuke my xorg.conf file.

EDIT: did that, so that my xorg.conf is that one entry. video is fine, and mouse, but I still have no keyboard input. How do I go about debugging that?

Thanks,

EE

Gusar · Post by **Gusar** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:25 pm

You shouldn't be using the kbd and mouse drivers. You should be using the evdev driver. Install it, then change the Driver lines in your new InputClass sections. Actually, you can nuke the mouse section, it doesn't set anything that isn't default. And in the keyboard section, those Auto* lines I'm not sure they do anything, you can remove them.

ExecutorElassus · Post by **ExecutorElassus** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:40 pm

A couple posts up, I mentioned that setting the driver to "evdev" did not help the keyboard issue (and in fact, causes the mouse to stop working as well). But I'll delete the unneeded lines, and see what happens.

Any other suggestions for the keyboard?

thanks,

EE

Gusar · Post by **Gusar** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:28 am

Hmm, have you tried nuking the keyboard section too? The only thing I can think of is that maybe there's no 'nodeadkeys' variant anymore, or it's named differently now. But that's just a wild guess.

terminou · Post by **terminou** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:14 am

same issue for me when i did my sytem update. The Keybord does'nt work when xdm start. i can see the num lock led switching OFF/on by pressing the key before the service xdm start

Matrix7 · Post by **Matrix7** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:08 am

baaann wrote:Did you follow the elog instructions?

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WARN: postinst                                                                   │
│You must rebuild all drivers if upgrading from <xorg-server-1.10                 │
│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/

That said I am having issues with black windows(in KDE) since the upgrade

Yes, I did. However, I've recompiled a fair bit since so I'll do it again to see if it makes a difference.

I'll also try reducing my xorg.conf to the minimum suggested. It's mostly commented out already, but no harm in trying.

Anon-E-moose · Post by **Anon-E-moose** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:11 am

For those not getting the keyboard to show up, please post the Xorg.0.log file after it has tried and failed.

For those running nvidia-drivers this should be all that is needed

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
EndSection

This is assuming that you haven't modified the default 10-evdev.conf file.