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Synopsis: I suspect this setup is too specific -- will it work for |
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both wheel mice and non-wheel mice, and for non-MS keyboards? |
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Helmut |
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Jarausch<jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> On 10 Jul, Dale wrote: |
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> |
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>> Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his |
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>> "drive me crazy" friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal |
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>> will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of |
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>> messing with evdev. I'm waiting on something better to come along. I |
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>> bet someone does come up with something better too. This has been a |
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>> PITA since it came out. |
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> |
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> Yes, I did have some problems with xorg + hal. But now it's working even |
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> better with hal than without (e.g. I had problems with using my mouse |
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> and my Wacom tablet simultaneously). |
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> |
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> Now I'm running xorg-server-1.6.2 |
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> |
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> The following steps seem to be essential: |
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> emerge everything X-related with hal (I've put it into /etc/make.conf) |
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> |
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> Let hald start at boot time (very important) |
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> i.e. rc-update add hald boot |
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> |
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> Make a minimal xorg.conf (no drivers for any input device) |
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> the first lines being |
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> |
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> Section "ServerLayout" |
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> Identifier "Default" |
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> Screen 0 "Screen 0" 0 0 |
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> # Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" |
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> Option "AIGLX" "on" |
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> EndSection |
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> |
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> Section "ServerFlags" |
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> # Option "DontZap" "true" |
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> Option "AutoAddDevices" "on" |
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> Option "AutoEnableDevices" "on" |
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> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "on" |
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> EndSection |
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> |
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> Section "Extensions" |
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> Option "Composite" "On" |
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> EndSection |
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> ....... |
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> |
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> In /etc/make.conf (here) |
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> INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev wacom" |
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> |
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> add the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi |
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> |
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> here: |
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> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> |
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> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> |
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> <device> |
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> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> |
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> <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">microsoft</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">xorg</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">en_US</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">en_US</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">microsoft</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">xorg</merge> |
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> </match> |
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> |
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> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse"> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.WHEELRelativeAxisButtons" type="string">7 6</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" type="string">5 4</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.Buttons" type="int">8</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.ZAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.Sensitivity" type="int">30</merge> |
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> <merge key="input.x11_options.CorePointer" type="string">true</merge> |
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> </match> |
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> |
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> </device> |
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> </deviceinfo> |
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> |
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> Very import when upgrading to 1.6.* |
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> re-emerge everything that is installed from x11-drivers/* |
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> |
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> Now, you should have the best X11 ever (note, I'm using the |
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> bleeding-edge stuff (unstable isn't the wright word) |
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> i.e. I have |
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> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" (or ~x86 on a 32 bits machine) |
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> |
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> Helmut. |
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Please also describe your keyboard and mouse. I suspect mine are |
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different, and I am not at all sure how to adjust the setup for my |
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hardware. |
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++ kevin |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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