On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Jacques Montier <jacques.mont...@numericable.fr> wrote: > Mike Kazantsev a gentiment tapote: >> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:47:46 -0400 >> Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: >> >> >>> After installing Xorg-server 1.5.3 & adopting the Evdev approach, >>> I can unplug + replug my mouse & keyboard without losing usage: >>> previously, you had to restart X to get them back. I assume >>> the idea behind the change is to allow hotplugging these devices. >>> >> >> Strangely enough, I do it more than ten times a day, and it works >> perfectly with old-style configuration. >> Same thing worked for PS/2 keyboard/mouse, unlike M$-OS. >> >> > Some days ago, i upgraded to Xorg-server-1.5.3 with hal use flag and > evdev drivers for PS/2 mouse and keyboard (with my 8 year-old AMD 1.2 > GHz CPU). > I commented all the lines about mouse and keyboard in the xorg.conf file > and now use /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi. > I unmerged xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse and everything works > nice ! > For fun i plugged a second usb mouse, and then i got one mouse for left > hand and another one for the right hand :-) . > > Cheers, > > -- > Jacques
For some years now I've been connecting my keyboard, video and mouse through an Avocent KVM switch because I have multiple machines and I only use one at a time. It has arrangements for hotplug recovery so I don't have to reboot or restart anything. But I've always wondered why that was an issue -- a major pain whenever the thing gets unplugged. Apparently it's now fixed for Linux at least. I'm gland. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
