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

Hello,

Borja Tarraso, le sam. 30 mai 2026 23:20:03 +0300, a ecrit:
> On Debian GNU/Hurd 0.9 (gnumach 1.8+git20230410-1,
> hurd 1:0.9.git20230520-7), Xorg's kbd_drv.so cannot bring up the
> console keyboard because the gnumach console translator at
> /dev/cons/kbd (/hurd/chrdev 156 33685736) returns EBADF for the
> Linux-style set-event-mode ioctl that kbd_drv.so issues.

Are you sure you have read 

https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install

?

Notably, the fact that you need to be running the hurd console to be
able to start Xorg? Xorg indeed cannot use the raw mach console, it
needs the hurd console runnng.

Samuel