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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:05 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Monday 29 December 2008 16:02:45 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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>> > On Monday 29 December 2008 15:32:45 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> >> Dale wrote: |
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>> >> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> >> >> Dale wrote: |
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>> >> >>> [...] |
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>> >> >>> I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for |
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>> >> >>> anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was |
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>> >> >>> installed. That is why I ask if there was something new. I can't |
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>> >> >>> say that I have |
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>> >> >>> ever heard of evdev before. |
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>> >> >> |
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>> >> >> For X, it's the x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev package. The driver |
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>> >> >> uses the in-kernel "event interface" driver for keyboard and mouse. |
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>> >> >> It's in "Device Drivers->Input device support->Event interface". You |
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>> >> >> need to configure it in xorg.conf to use it. |
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>> >> >> |
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>> >> >> So in other words, you don't have it ;) |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > Is this required for the new kernels? If not, why does it work in the |
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>> >> > old ones and not the new ones? Why is something not informing us it |
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>> >> > is needed would be a good question as well. I'll make sure the new |
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>> >> > kernel has that tho when I test it. Just in case. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> It's not needed nor required. It's just a different driver. I'm not |
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>> >> sure, but I think the point of this driver is for X to support |
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>> >> autodetected input devices. If you remove all sections for keyboard and |
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>> >> mouse from your x.org conf, then it will autodetect them and use evdev. |
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>> >> This must be part of the plan to get rid of xorg.conf entirely; if you |
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>> >> delete xorg.conf, X should autodetect everything (it's not there yet I |
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>> >> guess, but comes close.) |
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>> > |
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>> > For a single user conventional workstation using X.org 1.5, the X devs |
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>> > want you to install hal and evdev, then remove xorg.conf entirely and let |
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>> > X autodetect the lot. |
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>> > |
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>> > Personally, I can't wait for the day when xorg.conf on single-users |
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>> > workstations can be trashed *entirely* |
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>> > |
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>> > -- |
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>> > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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>> First I've heard of this. Interesting. Is there something I should be |
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>> reading to keep up with this sort of change? |
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> Google, I suppose :-) |
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> I first read it on an Ubuntu dev's blog, then picked up more info from |
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> freedesktop.org when looking for debugging info for an nVidia card. i.e. I |
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> stumbled on it purely by chance. |
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Thanks. I thought this comment was somehow more about Gentoo devs than |
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Linux/xorg overall. My mistake. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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