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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:03:53 -0700
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
From: "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>
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Synopsis: I suspect this setup is too specific -- will it work for
both wheel mice and non-wheel mice, and for non-MS keyboards?
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Helmut
Jarausch<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> On 10 Jul, Dale wrote:
>
>> Same thing here. =A0I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his
>> "drive me crazy" friends to work, it doesn't. =A0It appears to me that h=
al
>> will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. =A0I'm sick of
>> messing with evdev. =A0I'm waiting on something better to come along. =
=A0I
>> bet someone does come up with something better too. =A0This has been a
>> PITA since it came out.
>
> Yes, I did have some problems with xorg + hal. But now it's working even
> better with hal than without (e.g. I had problems with using my mouse
> and my Wacom tablet simultaneously).
>
> Now I'm running xorg-server-1.6.2
>
> The following steps seem to be essential:
>
> emerge everything X-related with hal (I've put it into /etc/make.conf)
>
> Let hald start at boot time (very important)
> i.e. =A0rc-update add hald boot
>
> Make a minimal xorg.conf (no drivers for any input device)
> the first lines being
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier =A0 =A0 "Default"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Screen =A0 =A0 =A00 =A0"Screen 0" 0 0
> # =A0 =A0 =A0 Option =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0 "AIGLX" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> # =A0 =A0 =A0 Option =A0"DontZap" "true"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option "AutoAddDevices" "on"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option "AutoEnableDevices" "on"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option "AllowEmptyInput" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option "Composite" "On"
> EndSection
> .......
>
> In /etc/make.conf =A0(here)
> INPUT_DEVICES=3D"keyboard mouse evdev wacom"
>
> add the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi
>
> here:
> <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"ISO-8859-1"?>
> <deviceinfo version=3D"0.2">
> <device>
> <match key=3D"info.capabilities" contains=3D"input.keyboard">
> <append key=3D"info.callouts.add" type=3D"strlist">hal-setup-keymap</appe=
nd>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.XkbModel" type=3D"string">microsoft</m=
erge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.XkbRules" type=3D"string">xorg</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type=3D"string">en_US</merg=
e>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.xkb.layout" type=3D"string">en_US</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.xkb.model" type=3D"string">microsoft</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.xkb.rules" type=3D"string">xorg</merge>
> </match>
>
> <match key=3D"info.capabilities" contains=3D"input.mouse">
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_driver" type=3D"string">evdev</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.WHEELRelativeAxisButtons" type=3D"stri=
ng">7 6</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" type=3D"str=
ing">5 4</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.Buttons" type=3D"int">8</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.ZAxisMapping" type=3D"string">4 5</mer=
ge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.Sensitivity" type=3D"int">30</merge>
> =A0<merge key=3D"input.x11_options.CorePointer" type=3D"string">true</mer=
ge>
> </match>
>
> </device>
> </deviceinfo>
>
> Very import when upgrading to 1.6.*
> re-emerge everything that is installed from x11-drivers/*
>
> Now, you should have the best X11 ever (note, I'm using the
> bleeding-edge stuff (unstable isn't the wright word)
> i.e. I have
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=3D"~amd64" =A0 (or ~x86 on a 32 bits machine)
>
> Helmut.
Please also describe your keyboard and mouse. I suspect mine are
different, and I am not at all sure how to adjust the setup for my
hardware.
++ kevin
--=20
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD