Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update: Keyboard and mouse dead
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:24:00
Message-Id: 58965d8a0901021423k3f8386e5sdcc7473fc08515b4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update: Keyboard and mouse dead by Andrew Gaydenko
1 On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Andrew Gaydenko <a@××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Friday 02 January 2009 16:37:53 Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >>
4 >>
5 >> Are you using evdev and hal?
6 >> hal is the important one for autodetect to work.
7 >
8 >
9 > BTW, is evdev usable already? Some time ago I have tried it, but have not
10 > found (or didn't understand) alternatives for
11 >
12 > Option "Sensitivity" "0.25"
13 >
14 > for mouse, and
15 >
16 > Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)"
17 > Option "XkbOptions" "grp:menu_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
18 >
19 > for keyboard. The only way to make x11 work properly was to unmerge evdev at
20 > all and use "old way" approach.
21
22 I think you should be able to specific it in your keyboard HAL rules
23 at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
24
25 Add something like:
26
27 <merge key="input.x11_options.Sensitivity" type="string">0.25</merge>
28
29 etc... in the appropriate place.

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