Bug#423090: xserver-xorg-input-evdev: selecting evdev for keyboard driver crashes
severity 423090 important
thank you
Please don't use very very high severity without a good reason. Obviously,
a crash of the X server does not break the whole system. A crash of the X
server is generally considered "important".
See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities
> When selecting evdev for keyboard my Xorg crashes and won't start.
It might be related to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5807
However, I think I have seen a case where a wrong config of evdev leads
to a crash of the server. Please check your evdev config for the keyboard.
The "basic configurations" section of the manpage should help.
> Selecting kbd as driver for keyboard nad evdev for mouse, Xorg starts,
> but returns wrong keycodes for up key and others. For up key for
> example returns Print etc.
This looks strange to me. You should be able to use evdev for mouse and
kbd for keyboard at the same time. I think lots of people are doing so.
Are you sure that your mouse/evdev Section in xorg.conf is correct?
If it is wrong, it might be sending random events to the server...
I am not familiar with evdev config, but I think you need to add
evBits/relBits/... lines as in the manpage examples.
> I need evdev driver for mouse, because without it my MX1000 doesn't
> return 6,7 for tilt wheel.
You might want to look at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5578
for evdev problems with this mouse.
Brice
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