Debian Bug report logs - #640699
keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: pasquale_frega@libero.it

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:07:21 +0200

package: xserver-xfbdev
version: 2:1.7.7-13

I have installed on my small laptop xfbdev xserver, because the xorg xserver 
does not work on my system. I have changed the link /usr/bin/X to 
/usr/bin/Xfbdev (the same /etc/X11/X to /usr/bin/Xfbdev) then i have edit 
the /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc script just including the following:

exec /usr/bin/X -screen 800x600x16 -mouse ps2 -keybd keyboard -nolisten tcp "$@"

When server start, all works good but no keyboard, just i see on screen the 
following message:

"DRIVER LINUX CONSOLE KEYBOARD WANTED"

What does mean it? Does it want a package to work properly?
Wich package?
I have tried also to start it with my keyboard driver (i think):

exec /usr/bin/X -screen 800x600x16 -mouse ps2 -keybd pc102 -nolisten tcp "$@" 

but i was not able to resolve the question.

I use Debian Squeeze with generic 2.6-i686 kernel on a small laptop 
panasonic CF-M34 with 4mb video ram and svga screen.

Message #10 received at 640699@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>

To: pasquale_frega@libero.it, 640699@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#640699: keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:17:03 +0200

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pasquale_frega@libero.it <pasquale_frega@libero.it> (06/09/2011):
> package: xserver-xfbdev
> version: 2:1.7.7-13
> 
> I have installed on my small laptop xfbdev xserver, because the xorg
> xserver does not work on my system.

What about trying to debug this issue instead of doing strange things
with xfbdev?

Mraw,
KiBi.

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Message #15 received at 640699@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: pasquale_frega@libero.it

To: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>

Cc: 640699@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#640699: keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:45:53 +0200

I have already send a bug report about xserver-xorg with my second email 
address; however i have not received solution so, i think, it is a bug 
hardly to resolve. About xserver-xfbdev, i want only to know wich package
it need or wich driver i must load to make working my keyboard.
Xfbdev may be yet useful so, i think, this info may be important.

Pasquale 

Cyril Brulebois writes:

> pasquale_frega@libero.it <pasquale_frega@libero.it> (06/09/2011):
>> package: xserver-xfbdev
>> version: 2:1.7.7-13
>> 
>> I have installed on my small laptop xfbdev xserver, because the xorg
>> xserver does not work on my system.
> 
> What about trying to debug this issue instead of doing strange things
> with xfbdev?
> 
> Mraw,
> KiBi.

Message #20 received at 640699@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>

To: pasquale_frega@libero.it, 640699@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#640699: keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:47:35 +0200

On Tue, Sep  6, 2011 at 19:07:21 +0200, pasquale_frega@libero.it wrote:

> package: xserver-xfbdev
> version: 2:1.7.7-13
> 
> I have installed on my small laptop xfbdev xserver, because the xorg
> xserver does not work on my system. I have changed the link
> /usr/bin/X to /usr/bin/Xfbdev (the same /etc/X11/X to
> /usr/bin/Xfbdev) then i have edit the /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
> script just including the following:
> 
Xfbdev is unmaintained, you're really better off using Xorg.

Cheers,
Julien

Message #25 received at 640699@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: pasquale_frega@libero.it

To: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>

Cc: 640699@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#640699: keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:59:53 +0200

Xorg does not work on my system, it does crash on exit; i am not able to 
know the cause. The screen make black, i am not able to change session 
(by ctrl+alt+f1-f6), to kill it (by ctrl+alt+space), the only way is 
to reboot the system by pressing ctrl+alt+del. I have only "4mb video ram" 
but i use a very minimal desktop enviroment (a file manager called tkdesk 
and xterm) so this should not be the main cause. 
Why does it crash?

Julien Cristau writes:

> On Tue, Sep  6, 2011 at 19:07:21 +0200, pasquale_frega@libero.it wrote:
> 
>> package: xserver-xfbdev
>> version: 2:1.7.7-13
>> 
>> I have installed on my small laptop xfbdev xserver, because the xorg
>> xserver does not work on my system. I have changed the link
>> /usr/bin/X to /usr/bin/Xfbdev (the same /etc/X11/X to
>> /usr/bin/Xfbdev) then i have edit the /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
>> script just including the following:
>> 
> Xfbdev is unmaintained, you're really better off using Xorg.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien

Message #30 received at 640699@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

To: xorg-devel@lists.x.org, debian-x@lists.debian.org

Cc: debian-68k@lists.debian.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, 640699@bugs.debian.org, 646686@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [PATCH 01/18] debian/rules: Enable kdrive-mouse and kdrive-evdev on Linux

Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:20:34 +0100

It seems the auto-detection for Linux in configure doesn't work anymore.
As a consequence, none of the KDrive input drivers are enabled, and mouse
and keyboard don't work.  build-main/include/kdrive-config.h:

/* #undef KDRIVE_KBD */
/* #undef KDRIVE_MOUSE */
/* #undef KDRIVE_EVDEV */

Explicitly enable kdrive-mouse and kdrive-evdev to fix this.

Notes:
  - 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

  - This may be the reason behind
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=640699
    ("keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?")
  - See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646686
    ("xserver-xephyr: Xephyr doesn't work with evdev input drivers")

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 640699@bugs.debian.org
Cc: 646686@bugs.debian.org
---
 debian/rules |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3011a78..59f0c4c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS), linux)
 	build_xfbdev = --enable-xfbdev
+	build_xfbdev += --enable-kdrive-mouse --enable-kdrive-evdev
 	selinux = --enable-xselinux
 else
 	build_xfbdev = --disable-xfbdev
-- 
1.7.0.4

Message #35 received at 640699-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>

To: pasquale_frega@libero.it, 640699-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#640699: keyboard problem with xserver xfbdev: why does it not work?

Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:09:39 +0200

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Source: xorg-server
Source-Version: 2:1.14.99.3-1

On Tue, Sep  6, 2011 at 19:07:21 +0200, pasquale_frega@libero.it wrote:

> package: xserver-xfbdev
> version: 2:1.7.7-13
> 
> I have installed on my small laptop xfbdev xserver, because the xorg xserver
> does not work on my system. I have changed the link /usr/bin/X to
> /usr/bin/Xfbdev (the same /etc/X11/X to /usr/bin/Xfbdev) then i have edit
> the /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc script just including the following:
> 
> exec /usr/bin/X -screen 800x600x16 -mouse ps2 -keybd keyboard -nolisten tcp "$@"
> 
> When server start, all works good but no keyboard, just i see on screen the
> following message:
> 
> "DRIVER LINUX CONSOLE KEYBOARD WANTED"
> 
Unfortunately this didn't get fixed before we stopped shipping Xfbdev.
Sorry about that.

Cheers,
Julien

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