USB keyboard with Xfbdev (again)

[Dan Nicholson]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Stuart Hughes <seh at zee2.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I don't think I can use Xorg as the box I'm on
> only has framebuffer
>
> Anyhow, I just tried 1.4.2 and this works.  I still have some warnings
> when I start which I'm not sure about, but otherwise all seems okay.
> This is what I see:
>
> $ ssh macg4 -l root
> ~ #  Xfbdev -ac -mouse mouse -keybd keyboard &
> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
> Couldn't find keyboard driver keybd
> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
> ~ # DISPLAY=:0 twm
> Switching to mouse protocol "imps/2"
> Switching to mouse protocol "exps/2"
> Switching to mouse protocol "bus"
> Switching to mouse protocol "ps/2"
>
> And when I kill twm I see:
>
> ^C~ # FreeFontPath: FPE "built-ins" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
> Couldn't find keyboard driver keybd
> Mouse device is serial port, protocol exps/2 is not serial protocol
> (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
>
>
> Are these warnings anything to worry about?  Is there anyway to remove
> them?

Yes, you'll need to install xkeyboard-config. Your xserver can't find
the XKB rules, making keyboard configuration very difficult. If it's
already installed, but in a different location, you'll to rebuild the
server with an appropriate --with-xkb-path setting.

--
Dan