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Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Mark H. <mar...@xs...>]

Hi,

Some time ago I found a post by Aivils about Ubuntu:
Aivils <aivils <at> unibanka.lv> wrote:
>         Ubuntu current xorg (6.8.2-10) contains all patches , which is
> necessary for multiseat X starting:
> 013_novtswitch.diff
> 018_sharevts_option.diff
> 053_lnx_evdev.diff
> 054_lnx_evdev_mouse.diff
> 055_lnx_evdev_keyboard.diff
> 080_pci_isolate_device_feature.diff
>
> That means 2nd X server never activate tty, use /dev/input/eventXX
> as keyboard device. Without any kernel patch.

I decided to give it a try, and although the isolateDevice option seems
to work, and I can get the mouse to work with the following:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Right Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Protocol"              "evdev"
        Option          "Dev Phys"              "usb-0000:03:00.0-1.2/input0"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

I can't seem to get the keyboard to work in the same way:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option         "Protocol"              "evdev"
        Option         "Dev Phys"              "usb-0000:03:00.0-2.1/input1"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Also using /dev/input/event does not work...

Did anyone try this with Ubuntu? I'm using the Hoary release, which
includes exactly the version of xorg aivils described in his mail...
Any hints/tips on getting the evdev to work with my usb keyboard is
very welcome!

I'm also wondering if there is an equivalent for the -novtswitches
option (which seemed necessary according Miguel Freitas pages), it
does not seem to be present.
Is there a place where I can find the patches mentioned above? perhaps
I can read in the patches how they should be used ;-)


Regards,
Mark.

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_Ubuntu_&_xorg_6.8.2-10_patches?=

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: "Mark Hurenkamp" <mar...@xs...>
> An: lin...@li...
> Betreff: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches
> Datum: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:44:55 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> Hi,
> 

Hi,

> Some time ago I found a post by Aivils about Ubuntu:
> Aivils <aivils <at> unibanka.lv> wrote:
> >         Ubuntu current xorg (6.8.2-10) contains all patches , which is
> > necessary for multiseat X starting:
> > 013_novtswitch.diff
> > 018_sharevts_option.diff
> > 053_lnx_evdev.diff
> > 054_lnx_evdev_mouse.diff
> > 055_lnx_evdev_keyboard.diff
> > 080_pci_isolate_device_feature.diff
> >
> > That means 2nd X server never activate tty, use /dev/input/eventXX
> > as keyboard device. Without any kernel patch.
> 
> I decided to give it a try, and although the isolateDevice option seems
> to work, and I can get the mouse to work with the following:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Right Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "evdev"
>         Option          "Dev Phys"             
> "usb-0000:03:00.0-1.2/input0"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> I can't seem to get the keyboard to work in the same way:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "keyboard"
>         Option         "Protocol"              "evdev"
>         Option         "Dev Phys"             
> "usb-0000:03:00.0-2.1/input1"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection
> 

acording to my experiance 
keyboards are always @ ..../input0
where as the multimedia keys reside @ ..../input1
what does contain your /prc/bus/input/devices ?


> Also using /dev/input/event does not work...
> 
> Did anyone try this with Ubuntu? I'm using the Hoary release, which
> includes exactly the version of xorg aivils described in his mail...
> Any hints/tips on getting the evdev to work with my usb keyboard is
> very welcome!
> 
> I'm also wondering if there is an equivalent for the -novtswitches
> option (which seemed necessary according Miguel Freitas pages), it
> does not seem to be present.
> Is there a place where I can find the patches mentioned above? perhaps
> I can read in the patches how they should be used ;-)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Mark.

best,

svetljo

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Re: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Mark H. <mar...@xs...>]

>> I can't seem to get the keyboard to work in the same way:
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>>         Driver          "keyboard"
>>         Option         "Protocol"              "evdev"
>>         Option         "Dev Phys"
>> "usb-0000:03:00.0-2.1/input1"
>>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
>> EndSection
>>
>
> acording to my experiance
> keyboards are always @ ..../input0
> where as the multimedia keys reside @ ..../input1
> what does contain your /prc/bus/input/devices ?

Sorry, copied the wrong part. The section actually uses
input0. Here's the correct one:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Right Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "Protocol"              "evdev"
        Option          "Dev Phys"              "usb-0000:03:00.0-1.1/input0"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Tried again today, just to make sure I have it right, but
no luck :-(
X seems to be unfamiliar with the evdev protocol for keyboards...

(++) ServerLayout "Right"
(**) |-->Screen "Right Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "PHILIPS 107T"
(**) |   |-->Device "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP"
(**) |-->Input Device "Right Keyboard"
(**) Option "Protocol" "evdev"

Config Error:
"evdev" is not a valid keyboard protocol name
(EE) Unable to determine the screen layout
(EE) Error parsing the config file

So it seems to me that the '055_lnx_evdev_keyboard.diff' patch is
missing here...

Will see if I can find the sources for ubuntu xorg, so I can take a look
there.


Mark.

Re: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Ken M. <ke...@th...>]

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 23:32 +0200, Mark Hurenkamp wrote:

> >> I can't seem to get the keyboard to work in the same way:
> >>
> >> Section "InputDevice"
> >>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
> >>         Driver          "keyboard"
> >>         Option         "Protocol"              "evdev"
> >>         Option         "Dev Phys"
> >> "usb-0000:03:00.0-2.1/input1"
> >>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
> >>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
> >>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
> >>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >
> > acording to my experiance
> > keyboards are always @ ..../input0
> > where as the multimedia keys reside @ ..../input1
> > what does contain your /prc/bus/input/devices ?
> 
> Sorry, copied the wrong part. The section actually uses
> input0. Here's the correct one:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Right Keyboard"
>         Driver          "keyboard"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "evdev"
>         Option          "Dev Phys"              "usb-0000:03:00.0-1.1/input0"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Tried again today, just to make sure I have it right, but
> no luck :-(
> X seems to be unfamiliar with the evdev protocol for keyboards...
> 
> (++) ServerLayout "Right"
> (**) |-->Screen "Right Screen" (0)
> (**) |   |-->Monitor "PHILIPS 107T"
> (**) |   |-->Device "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Right Keyboard"
> (**) Option "Protocol" "evdev"
> 
> Config Error:
> "evdev" is not a valid keyboard protocol name
> (EE) Unable to determine the screen layout
> (EE) Error parsing the config file
> 
> So it seems to me that the '055_lnx_evdev_keyboard.diff' patch is
> missing here...
> 
> Will see if I can find the sources for ubuntu xorg, so I can take a look
> there.
> 
> 
> Mark.
> 


I'm using the pre-experimental Debian packages based on the original
Ubuntu packages.  The /etc/apt/sources.list line for them is:

deb http://people.debian.org/~dnusinow/xorg ./

With a 2.6.8 kernel, here's a snippet from my xorg.conf file.


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "Protocol" "evdev"
    Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*.0-1.1/input0"
    # Option "Dev Name" "NMB Dell USB 7HK Keyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "evdev"
    Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*.0-1.2/input0"
    # Option "Dev Name" "Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with
IntelliEye(TM)"
EndSection

Note that the keyboards I'm using have a two port USB hub built in.

HTH,

Ken

Re: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Mark H. <mar...@xs...>]

> I'm using the pre-experimental Debian packages based on the original
> Ubuntu packages.  The /etc/apt/sources.list line for them is:
>
> deb http://people.debian.org/~dnusinow/xorg ./
>
> With a 2.6.8 kernel, here's a snippet from my xorg.conf file.
>
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier "Keyboard"
>     Driver "kbd"
^^^ Here's what solved my problem.
I had a line 'Driver "keyboard"' here, which apparently does not work
with evdev.
I replaced it with the line above, and now things work perfectly.

>     Option "Protocol" "evdev"
>     Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*.0-1.1/input0"
>     # Option "Dev Name" "NMB Dell USB 7HK Keyboard"
>     Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>     Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
>     Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection


Thanks for the help!

Mark.

Re: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Ken M. <ke...@th...>]

Mark Hurenkamp wrote:

>>I'm using the pre-experimental Debian packages based on the original
>>Ubuntu packages.  The /etc/apt/sources.list line for them is:
>>
>>deb http://people.debian.org/~dnusinow/xorg ./
>>
>>With a 2.6.8 kernel, here's a snippet from my xorg.conf file.
>>
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>>    Identifier "Keyboard"
>>    Driver "kbd"
>>    
>>
>^^^ Here's what solved my problem.
>I had a line 'Driver "keyboard"' here, which apparently does not work
>with evdev.
>I replaced it with the line above, and now things work perfectly.
>
>  
>
>>    Option "Protocol" "evdev"
>>    Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*.0-1.1/input0"
>>    # Option "Dev Name" "NMB Dell USB 7HK Keyboard"
>>    Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>>    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
>>    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>>EndSection
>>    
>>
>
>
>Thanks for the help!
>
>Mark.
>
>  
>
No problem, glad to help.

Ken

Re: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- Ken McCord <ke...@th...> wrote:

> Mark Hurenkamp wrote:
> 
> >>I'm using the pre-experimental Debian packages
> based on the original
> >>Ubuntu packages.  The /etc/apt/sources.list line
> for them is:
> >>
> >>deb http://people.debian.org/~dnusinow/xorg ./
> >>
> >>With a 2.6.8 kernel, here's a snippet from my
> xorg.conf file.
> >>
> >>
> >>Section "InputDevice"
> >>    Identifier "Keyboard"
> >>    Driver "kbd"
> >>    
> >>
> >^^^ Here's what solved my problem.
> >I had a line 'Driver "keyboard"' here, which
> apparently does not work
> >with evdev.
> >I replaced it with the line above, and now things
> work perfectly.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>    Option "Protocol" "evdev"
> >>    Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*.0-1.1/input0"
> >>    # Option "Dev Name" "NMB Dell USB 7HK
> Keyboard"
> >>    Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> >>    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> >>    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> >>EndSection
> >>    
> >>
>

Your post made me curious how far xorg had gotten
along and I installed from the site you mentioned.

There was another fix needed to avoid mozilla from
diappearing and wmxmms to show up, from here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Xorg_X11_and_Transparency#Enabling_shadows_and_real_transparency
which solved it.

Then of course the "eyecandy", I found xcompmgr here:
http://freedesktop.org/xapps/release/ it apparently is
not with the .debs.

And to compile that had to install xcomposite, xfixes,
xdamage and xrender and link pkgconfig for X to where
he wants it apparently.

There is a transset on a key here:
http://forchheimer.se/transset-df/

But I never got that to run because e16keyedit dies.

Which brings us to what all that gets you.

With a 2.1GHz CPU running xcompmgr -c on only 1 X puts
the CPU at a constant 56% and X is cute to look at but
in no whay ready to useful work: way to slow on a
Nvidia TNT with acceleration set.

Anybody actually use this in a production mode for
useful work, like answering emails?

Hugo














		
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Re: Ubuntu & xorg 6.8.2-10 patches

[Ken M. <ke...@th...>]

On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 03:33 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

> 
> --- Ken McCord <ke...@th...> wrote:
> 
> > Mark Hurenkamp wrote:
> > 
> > >>I'm using the pre-experimental Debian packages
> > based on the original
> > >>Ubuntu packages.  The /etc/apt/sources.list line
> > for them is:
> > >>
> > >>deb http://people.debian.org/~dnusinow/xorg ./
> > >>
> > >>With a 2.6.8 kernel, here's a snippet from my
> > xorg.conf file.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Section "InputDevice"
> > >>    Identifier "Keyboard"
> > >>    Driver "kbd"
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >^^^ Here's what solved my problem.
> > >I had a line 'Driver "keyboard"' here, which
> > apparently does not work
> > >with evdev.
> > >I replaced it with the line above, and now things
> > work perfectly.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>    Option "Protocol" "evdev"
> > >>    Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*.0-1.1/input0"
> > >>    # Option "Dev Name" "NMB Dell USB 7HK
> > Keyboard"
> > >>    Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> > >>    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> > >>    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > >>EndSection
> > >>    
> > >>
> >
> 
> Your post made me curious how far xorg had gotten
> along and I installed from the site you mentioned.
> 
> There was another fix needed to avoid mozilla from
> diappearing and wmxmms to show up, from here:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Xorg_X11_and_Transparency#Enabling_shadows_and_real_transparency
> which solved it.
> 
> Then of course the "eyecandy", I found xcompmgr here:
> http://freedesktop.org/xapps/release/ it apparently is
> not with the .debs.
> 
> And to compile that had to install xcomposite, xfixes,
> xdamage and xrender and link pkgconfig for X to where
> he wants it apparently.
> 
> There is a transset on a key here:
> http://forchheimer.se/transset-df/
> 
> But I never got that to run because e16keyedit dies.
> 
> Which brings us to what all that gets you.
> 
> With a 2.1GHz CPU running xcompmgr -c on only 1 X puts
> the CPU at a constant 56% and X is cute to look at but
> in no whay ready to useful work: way to slow on a
> Nvidia TNT with acceleration set.
> 
> Anybody actually use this in a production mode for
> useful work, like answering emails?
> 
> Hugo
> 


1 - Please reread the first sentence - 'pre-experimental Debian
packages'.

2 - They're based on Ubuntu's Hoary Hedgehog packages - why not check
there?  As far as my limited usage, they're working fine.

Ken