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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> 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 say |
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>> >>> 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 uses |
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>> >> the in-kernel "event interface" driver for keyboard and mouse. It's |
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>> >> in "Device Drivers->Input device support->Event interface". You need |
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>> >> 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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>> > 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 is |
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>> > needed would be a good question as well. I'll make sure the new kernel |
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>> > has that tho when I test it. Just in case. |
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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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> For a single user conventional workstation using X.org 1.5, the X devs want |
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> you to install hal and evdev, then remove xorg.conf entirely and let X |
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> autodetect the lot. |
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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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> 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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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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