[gentoo-user] Re: Some hints about evdev versus xorg and your mouse and keyboard

[walt]

walt wrote:
> ...
> If you have an unusual mouse, as I do, you will need to create a
> new fdi file in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ to get it working properly.

Oops, forgot to mention /usr/bin/lshal, which will tell you what
hald thinks it knows about your hardware.

As one more example, here is what lshal says about my logitech
mouse *after* I added my /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-logitech.fdi:

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input'
   info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
   info.category = 'input'  (string)
   info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port'  (string)
   info.product = 'ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse'  (string)
   info.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
   info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input'  (string)
   input.device = '/dev/input/event4'  (string)
   input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port'  (string)
   input.product = 'ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse'  (string)
   input.x11_driver = 'evdev'  (string)
   input.x11_options.EmulateWheel = 'true'  (string)  <*** my new fdi file added this line ****
   input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton = '8'  (string) <*** and this line, but nothing else ****
   linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event4'  (string)
   linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
   linux.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
   linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4/event4'  (string)

HTF the average user is supposed to figure all this out for himself
is beyond me. I'm thankful for the expert help I got.