USB keyboard with Xfbdev (again)

Stuart Hughes seh at zee2.com
Fri Nov 14 07:24:47 PST 2008


Hi John,

Thanks for the reply.  I don't think I can use Xorg as the box I'm on
only has framebuffer

Anyhow, I just tried 1.4.2 and this works.  I still have some warnings
when I start which I'm not sure about, but otherwise all seems okay.
This is what I see:

$ ssh macg4 -l root
~ #  Xfbdev -ac -mouse mouse -keybd keyboard &
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
Couldn't find keyboard driver keybd
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
~ # DISPLAY=:0 twm
Switching to mouse protocol "imps/2"
Switching to mouse protocol "exps/2"
Switching to mouse protocol "bus"
Switching to mouse protocol "ps/2"

And when I kill twm I see:

^C~ # FreeFontPath: FPE "built-ins" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
Couldn't find keyboard driver keybd
Mouse device is serial port, protocol exps/2 is not serial protocol
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base


Are these warnings anything to worry about?  Is there anyway to remove
them?

BTW: I can't easily move to the latest version of xorg-server as I'd
have too many other collateral packages to update.

Regards, Stuart



On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 15:16 +0000, John Tapsell wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
> 
>   I have no idea about your problem, but for what it's worth have you
> considered just using Xorg instead of kdrive?
> 
> John
> 
> 2008/11/14 Stuart Hughes <seh at zee2.com>:
> > Hi Cliff,
> >
> > I saw your posting here:
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-September/038581.html
> > and wondered if you or anyone else managed to resolve this.
> >
> > I'm cross compiling xorg-server-1.4 for a powerpc 7400 (MAC G4) and
> > Xfbdev starts and the mouse works (eventually), but I get nothing from
> > the USB keyboard (I started twm and tried typing an xterm).
> >
> > I'm starting it like this and see:
> >
> > # Xfbdev -mouse mouse -keybd xkb
> > Couldn't find keyboard driver keybd
> > Couldn't find keyboard driver xkb
> >
> > I've tried other combinations, but nothing seems to work.  I'm passing
> > the following to configure when I build it (all one line):
> >
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=powerpc-linux --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu
> > --enable-composite --enable-kdrive --disable-dri --disable-xinerama
> > --disable-xf86misc --disable-xf86vidmode --disable-xorg
> > --disable-xorgcfg --disable-xnest --disable-xvfb --disable-xevie
> > --disable-xprint --disable-xtrap --enable-xfbdev --disable-dmx
> > --enable-builtin-fonts --disable-dbus --disable-ipv6 --enable-xkb
> > --enable-kbd_mode
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Regards, Stuart
> >
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