Re: [gnumach] /dev/cons/kbd rejects kbd_drv.so set-event-mode ioctl with EBADF; please implement KDSKBMODE or expose /dev/input/event*

On 5/30/26 2:54 PM, Borja Tarraso wrote:
>    - which gnumach / hurd / xserver-xorg-core versions you are on
>      (dpkg -l gnumach* hurd xserver-xorg-core | tail -10);

ii  gnumach-image-1-amd64-smp     2:1.8+git20260224-8    hurd-amd64 
GNU version of the Mach microkernel with SMP
un  gnumach-image-1-xen-486       <none>                 <none> 
(no description available)
un  gnumach-image-1.8-486         <none>                 <none> 
(no description available)
un  gnumach-image-1.8-486-dbg     <none>                 <none> 
(no description available)
ii  gnumach-image-1.8-amd64-smp   2:1.8+git20260224-8    hurd-amd64 
GNU version of the Mach microkernel with SMP
ii  gnumach-image-1.8-amd64-up    2:1.8+git20260224-8    hurd-amd64 
GNU version of the Mach microkernel
un  gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486     <none>                 <none> 
(no description available)
un  gnumach-image-1.8-xen-486-dbg <none>                 <none> 
(no description available)
ii  hurd                          1:0.9.git20251029-7+b1 hurd-amd64 
GNU Hurd
ii  xserver-xorg-core             2:21.1.22-1            hurd-amd64 
Xorg X server - core server


>    - what your /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf
>      looks like for the InputDevice / InputClass blocks;

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
         Driver "kbd"
         Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

>    - what `ls -l /dev/kbd /dev/cons/kbd` and
>      `showtrans /dev/kbd /dev/cons/kbd` print on your image;

/dev/kbd: /hurd/symlink cons/kbd
/dev/cons/kbd: /hurd/chrdev 101 33751128

>    - the kbd-relevant lines from your Xorg.0.log (the "Using input
>      driver 'kbd'" block and the next 20 lines, so I can see which
>      device path kbd_drv.so picked and whether the ioctl succeeded).

[    21.752] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "<default 
pointer>" (type: MOUSE, id 6)
[    21.754] (**) <default pointer>: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    21.754] (**) <default pointer>: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    21.754] (**) <default pointer>: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    21.754] (**) <default pointer>: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    21.754] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
[    21.756] (II) Using input driver 'kbd' for 'Generic Keyboard'
[    21.756] (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" "on"
[    21.756] (**) Generic Keyboard: always reports core events
[    21.756] (**) Generic Keyboard: always reports core events
[    21.756] (**) Option "XkbRules" "base"
[    21.756] (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
[    21.756] (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
[    21.756] (**) Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[    21.756] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic 
Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
(END)

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