[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Hartmut Figge
Mick: [ compose:menu ] >I see, I should have phrased my question differently: which is the compose >key ... It is easy to misunderstand. Especially for me with my lack of knowledge of english. ;) >I don't have a key that is called "compose", but I think that my menu >key is the one between R

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Mick
On Saturday 11 April 2009, Hartmut Figge wrote: > Mick: > > > >What is the meaning of the "compose:menu"? > So i have need of a compose key. Years ago there was a combination of > AltGr and Shift_Left which could be used but that stopped to work. I see, I should have phrased my question differen

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Hartmut Figge
Mick: >On Friday 10 April 2009, Hartmut Figge wrote: >> - xorg.conf - >> Option "XkbOptions""compose:menu" >> --- > >What is the meaning of the "compose:menu"? Sometimes i need to input special characters like e.g. รง with my keyboard and need a way to do s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-11 Thread Mick
On Friday 10 April 2009, Hartmut Figge wrote: > Fred Elno: > > fr > > > > Since yesterday i have > > de > nodeadkeys > compose:menu > > but it took a while to find the right syntax. At which place is e.g. > input.xkb.options mentioned in the documentation? > > Could't f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Dale wrote: >> [...] >> Yea, one of those lines disables hal tho which I think is the whole >> point of this upgrade. > > HAL is a very minor thing in this update. But with an old kernel, > well, I can only see problems in the long run. Especially since > you're using o

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: > Dale: > > >> Sounds like you are having fun with your upgrade too. >> > > :-D > > >> On my kernel, I'm using 2.6.23. It was the last one I could get to boot >> so i stuck with it. >> > > This one should have the mentioned option of enabling evdev, e.g. with >

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Hartmut Figge
Hartmut Figge: >Could't find one, [...] A missing 'n'. Surely my keyboard is the culprit. ;) Hartmut

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: >Sounds like you are having fun with your upgrade too. :-D >On my kernel, I'm using 2.6.23. It was the last one I could get to boot >so i stuck with it. This one should have the mentioned option of enabling evdev, e.g. with make menuconfig. You can do so, recompile the kernel and keep it

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Hartmut Figge
Fred Elno: > fr > Since yesterday i have de nodeadkeys compose:menu but it took a while to find the right syntax. At which place is e.g. input.xkb.options mentioned in the documentation? Could't find one, so i have guessed from the entry in my xorg.conf. *g* -

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: [...] Yea, one of those lines disables hal tho which I think is the whole point of this upgrade. HAL is a very minor thing in this update. But with an old kernel, well, I can only see problems in the long run. Especially since you're using outdated DRM kernel drivers. If I were

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-09 Thread Fred Elno
> Dale: > >>Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No >>mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make >>me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the >>thing. > > *g* > > Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' chang

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-09 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: > Dale: > > >> Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No >> mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make >> me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the >> thing. >> > > *g* > > Today 'emerge --sync'

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse

2009-04-09 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: >Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No >mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make >me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the >thing. *g* Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to