[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu Diskless Help (Lucid 10.04)

[Christopher Moore]

Hello everyone,

I've been working on this setup on and off now for a week.  I've 
followed instructions from the mythbuntu wiki and have managed to get 
Xorg working with NVIDIA on my Samsung 720p TV (via HDMI) after manually 
setting modelines.  I've also gotten around the HOSTNAME issue, via 
editing : $CHROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ltsp , and setting 
OVERLAYKEY="HOSTNAME"

What I have not been able to figure out however, is how to get my 
keyboard working properly and the sound ( I'm sure it's an asound.conf 
issue which I will resolve next).  I'm using a Acer Revo 3700 and DD-WRT 
as my DHCP server.


Looking at the logs, Linux sees this as a Chicony keyboard.

the var/log/messages shows :

Feb 16 15:05:08 revo2 kernel: [    2.086344] input: Chicony 2.4G 
Multimedia Wireless Kit as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input3
Feb 16 15:05:08 revo2 kernel: [    2.086522] generic-usb 
0003:04F2:0963.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Chicony 2.4G 
Multimedia Wireless Kit] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0
Feb 16 15:05:08 revo2 kernel: [    2.147638] input: Chicony 2.4G 
Multimedia Wireless Kit as 
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.1/input/input4
Feb 16 15:05:08 revo2 kernel: [    2.148162] generic-usb 
0003:04F2:0963.0002: input,hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse 
[Chicony 2.4G Multimedia Wireless Kit] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input1



Something I noticed in the Xorg.0.log :

II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module kbd
(II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
(EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)

I'm pretty sure this has something to do with my issues, but can't 
figure it out.

I also, later see this :
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Chicony USB Keyboard" (type: 
KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Chicony USB Keyboard 
(/dev/input/event4)
(**) Chicony USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
(**) Chicony USB Keyboard: always reports core events
(**) Chicony USB Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Chicony USB Keyboard: Found keys
(II) Chicony USB Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Chicony USB Keyboard" (type: 
KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"

In the xorg.conf I've set :

Section "InputDevice"
     # generated from default
     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
     Driver "kbd"
     Option "CoreKeyboard"
     Option "XkbRules" "evdev"
     Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
     Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

This is exactly what the Xorg.log file on my Revo 1600 said it used , 
which does not use a diskless setup.   However, In the Xorg.log of that 
machine it actually shows it loaded kbd ...


Looking around for some files, related to xkb, I found this in the 
CHROOT environment ... so kbd is there :

/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/X11/xkb/geometry/chicony




Some other things I've tried :

I've also tried putting 'lang=us keyboard=us' in pxelinux.cfg/default  
... as well as setting some X Server specific rules in the lts.conf file -

/var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf

[default]
SOUND=True
X_CONF=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# X_MODE_0=1280x720
XSERVER = nvidia
XKBRULES = evdev <==
LOCALDEV=True
SYSLOG=local
CONFIGURE_FSTAB=false


Anyone have an idea what's going on ?  It's crazy not being able to use 
the right 1/2 of my keyboard ( it prints #'s instead of letters ).

Thanks