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Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto schrieb: |
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>> My only input devices are a PS2 keyboard with standard Brazilian |
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>> layout (with no foolish extra "multimedia" keys) and a PS2 mouse with |
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>> two buttons and one scroll wheel that also works as a third button. Do |
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>> I need/want evdev? |
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> I should put this in a more specific manner: would it be safe/wise to |
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> remove evdev from INPUT_DEVICES (which currently includes evdev, |
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> keyboard and mouse) ? |
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> The relevant sections of xorg.conf are |
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I'm not really an X11-guru but I'm pretty sure you don't need evdev. As |
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far as I understand it, the big advantage of evdev is that it's generic. |
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As a user, you don't have to worry about which driver you need because |
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evdev fits them all. As a developer, you only need to maintain one module. |
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You also don't need to configure it in your xorg.conf because evdev |
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grabs them all from udev (hald?). |
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With a 'conservative' system like yours (no special hardware, no daily |
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plug'n'play, ...) you don't need it as long as evdev does not surpass |
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the other drivers in other regions like configurability, performance, |
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whatever. |
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Hell, even I don't need it and I rely on synaptics, three different |
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USB-mice (two of them with additional buttons) and multimedia buttons on |
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two different laptop or laptop-like keyboards (USB and PS2). All of it |
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with daily suspend-to-disk, suspend-to-ram, plug'n'play and usage of a |
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docking station. |
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