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