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Curious. One of the unfortunate side-effects of the new, shiny, modularised X-server is that the input modules (you know, keyboard driver, mouse driver and so on) are not considered part of the core, at least not under Slackware. Thus, if I want full X server functionality, I have to install all the x packages, then all the optional x packages separately. Finding this empirically is a real pain, since at the moment I have a two-hour turn-around on installations (update image, flash 4GB image on to Compact-Flash card, load card into machine and test - that middle step just isn't quick, even over USB 2.0). So, now to lunch, and hopefully the flashing will be done by the time I get back.
On the up side, I finally finished rebuilding the rear axle on my bicycle last night, having worked out what I can use for containment washers. Y'see, with this hub design while the bearings are held into the hub by the cone-nuts, the back faces of the bearings are open to contamination, which can't be good. The last set of cones fixed this with a metallic washer 'skirt', but one skirt is completely wrecked following the accident at Coldean Lane last year, and the other one is fused to the cone that is, in turn, jammed firmly on to the axle. After a fair bit of work with a stanley knife, one of the foam inserts from a cake-box of CDs does the job nicely, preventing grease from leaking out and dust, gravel and stuff from getting in. Win.