Re: Xorg installation

Now I suspect the problem here is because udev and virtual/udev were 
built with keymap support turned off.  That's the most terse way I can 
describe it.  This may be because of the desktop profile.
I'm no developer.  I assume  keymap support was turned off for a reason. 
  Can anyone enlighten me about this?

The long story is that I knew saying my alpha was "locked up" was not a 
proper description.  I enabled login via a serial port.  Indeed, linux 
was working.  So, now I can kill X more gracefully.
After running emerge -tav to reinstall xorg-servers, it told me that 
virtual/udev without keymap may cause input device autoconfiguration to 
fail.
So, the -keymap flag is definitely set for udev and virtual/udev on my 
system.  I checked.
My plan is to wait a bit in case someone offers advice.  Failing that, 
I'll try rebuilding udev and virtual/udev without turning off keymap. 
If/when that doesn't work, I'll investigate manual configuration of the 
xorg input devices.

Adios,  DW