Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

[Dale]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webb<purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
>
>> 090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If all else fails:
>>>>> x11-base/xorg-server  -hal
>>>>>
>>>> Is there any other advice?
>>>>
>>> A new HAL made no difference.  Sigh.
>>>
>> I ran into this twice, first on my frontline machine, then on the stand-by.
>> The solution was 'USE="-hal" emerge xorg-server', then remerge all drivers.
>> There was a Gentoo help doc re it, which gave this as the simplest option.
>>
>> 'evdev' is a separate matter: you need to include it in your kernel,
>> than you can simplify your drivers.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>
> Evdev has been included in my kernels throughout this mess.  It hasn't
> helped.  The Gentoo doc on the upgrade was a bit scetchy about
> configuring HAL; now that I find that disabling HAL in xorg is the
> solution, I suspect that the underlying problem is HAL configuration.
> After all, there's nothing at all special about my mouse or keyboard.
>
> Why should we have to configure HAL manually?  Since the stone ages,
> Linux installations have determined what keyboard we have and have set
> things up for us.  How different can PS/2 or USB mice be?
>
> SO: if anyone succeeded with xorg and HAL, with a USA keyboard and a
> wheel mouse,  would please tell me about their HAL config, I'd sure
> love to see it.
>
> ++ kevin
>
>

Same here.  I have a old keyboard that has been around for a loooong
time.  It's a Dell Quietkey.  My mouse is a decent Logitech that cost
about $20.00 or so a few years ago.  It worked with Mandrake and Gentoo
all this time then someone comes up with a mouse trap that don't like it.

I'm with you. 

Dale

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