I'm using a Dell keyboard (connected via USB) with extra multimedia keys (control volume, back, forward, homepage etc.). Pressing of of these keys, the X Server will crash: Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4eb916] 1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x39) [0x48f769] 2: /lib/libc.so.6(+0x324c0) [0x7f44b58794c0] 3: /usr/bin/X() [0x45d9a2] 4: /usr/bin/X(GetKeyboardValuatorEvents+0x362) [0x45df42] 5: /usr/bin/X(GetKeyboardEvents+0x17) [0x45e027] 6: /usr/bin/X(xf86PostKeyboardEvent+0x6f) [0x47a28f] 7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so(+0x49bf) [0x7f44b1b289bf] 8: /usr/bin/X() [0x48f855] 9: /usr/bin/X() [0x4713e6] 10: /lib/libpthread.so.0(+0xf400) [0x7f44b7712400] 11: /lib/libc.so.6(__select+0x13) [0x7f44b5913ee3] 12: /usr/bin/X(WaitForSomething+0x1db) [0x4e94eb] 13: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0xa0) [0x44b260] 14: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3aa) [0x43156a] 15: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7f44b5865ba6] 16: /usr/bin/X() [0x430a09] This happens in twm, xdm and KDE 4.4 . x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev = 1.6.5-r1 x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev = 2.3.2 (also tried 2.3.1) Reproducible: Always emerge 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Created attachment 222047 [details] xorg.conf
I too have this exact same problem, and very similar setup. * Dell keyboard attached via USB. * nVidia card with TwinView enabled. * Same backtrace in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
Apparently an interim workaround has been found and a bug has been filed at freedesktop.org ... https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26332 I have not tested this yet.
To get it to work I needed to emerge ... [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.4.0 (0) [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.5.0 (0) ...and add the following sections to my xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "dellusbmm" Option "XkbLayout" "se" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection I also added the ServerFlags as suggested in the freedesktop.org bugzilla. Everything works now. Seems this is an upstream problem/bug and maybe we should close this bugzilla ?
I will check your solution and give you feedback after the weekend.
The following workaround solves the problem for me: Add this to your xorg.conf: ======================== Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" Option "AutoEnableDevices" "off" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" EndSection ======================== use xmodmap with this config: ======================== keycode 234 = XF86Back keycode 233 = XF86Forward keycode 232 = XF86Stop keycode 231 = XF86Refresh keycode 130 = XF86HomePage keycode 236 = XF86Mail keycode 198 = XF86MyComputer keycode 161 = XF86Calculator keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay keycode 129 = XF86AudioMedia keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume keycode 178 = XF86HomePage ======================== Source: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26332#c5 I sure, this is an upstream bug.
same problem here an amd64 with same keyboard
(In reply to comment #8) > same problem here an amd64 with same keyboard > if you are using gnome, you also have to switch the keyboard from evdev-managed keyboard to dell usb multimedia keyboard inside gnome with ->system->settings->keyboard
