Bug 279044 – After I using 'evdev' of xorg, three letters will be printed every time I keyed one letter

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Crob 2009-07-25 12:59:13 UTC]

I changed INPUT_DEVICES in /etc/make.conf from "keyboard mouse" to "evdev". After I re-emergeed xorg-server and rebooting the three letters will be printed every time I keyed one. So I couldn't do anything with my keyboad.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. edit /etc/make.conf as follow
   INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
   #INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
2. emerge -av xorg-server
3. reboot

Actual Results:  
Three letterss will be printed every time I key one letter in the slim login interface.
Then I press ctrl+alt+bacespace returning to the commandline. It's ok in command-line. thanks god.

I added 'Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"' into ServerFlags of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to avoid this problem .

[Comment 1 Crob 2009-07-25 13:00:54 UTC]

Created attachment 199118 [details]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

I added following text to avoid this problem

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"

.....

[Comment 2 Crob 2009-07-25 13:01:14 UTC]

Created attachment 199119 [details]
/etc/make.conf

/etc/make.conf

[Comment 3 Crob 2009-07-25 13:01:40 UTC]

Created attachment 199121 [details]
the result of emerge --info

[Comment 4 Crob 2009-07-25 13:02:13 UTC]

Created attachment 199122 [details]
the kernel configuration of 2.6.28-r10 tuxonice

[Comment 5 Crob 2009-07-25 13:02:35 UTC]

Created attachment 199123 [details]
the result of 'rc-update -s'

[Comment 6 Rafał Mużyło 2009-07-25 16:32:20 UTC]

That's a configuration problem, not a bug.
Read hal/evdev sticky on the forum.