Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:07:11
Message-Id: 9acccfe50907100307g29d295c8i444a829573e411a1@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes by Keith Dart
1 On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Keith Dart<keith@×××××××××.biz> wrote:
2 > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:18:35 -0700
3 > Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Set the "hal" use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if
6 >> that helps you.
7 >
8 > Also make sure you have this in your make.conf:
9 >
10 >
11 > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev"
12 >
13 > Remove mouse and keyboard sections in your xorg.conf file also.
14 >
15 > The evdev and HAL are supposed to make X much simpler to set up and
16 > use. ;-)
17
18 For me, at least, it was impossible use. Useless is more like it.
19
20 I am using evdev, but not compiling xorg for HAL. I'm not sure how
21 that works out in detail, because hald is still running and the "hal"
22 use flag is in use everywhere but xorg-server.
23
24 ++ kevin
25
26 --
27 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD