Figured it out, thanks for the help.
> Add hal to the daemons array at the bottom of /etc/rc.conf. Starting hal
> will take care of starting dbus, and acpid if you have it installed.
>
So this is what the daemons array looks like:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa)
After I add hal it should look like this?:
DAEMONS=(syslog-
Preston C. wrote:
I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions:
I would like to use input hotplugging. So, I need to configure it.
Are these the correct commands to run, in this order:
# pacman -S xf86-input-evdev
# usr/sbin/groupadd -g 81 dbus
# usr/sbin/useradd -c 'System mess
Add hal to the daemons array at the bottom of /etc/rc.conf. Starting hal
will take care of starting dbus, and acpid if you have it installed.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Preston C. wrote:
> I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions:
>
> I would like to use input hotpluggi
I think I have got it this time, :-). Here are the questions:
I would like to use input hotplugging. So, I need to configure it.
Are these the correct commands to run, in this order:
# pacman -S xf86-input-evdev
# usr/sbin/groupadd -g 81 dbus
# usr/sbin/useradd -c 'System message bus' -u 81 -g db
Ok my mistake, apparently it is best to enable hotplugging, if you
want to be able to change peripherals while the computer is on, and
then have hal start during boot so that hotplugging is enabled. I
guess the question is can my computer work with hotplugging? I have a
ps2 mouse and a ps2 keyboard
> It's not really necessary, no. Take a look at
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_hotplugging
> Section 6.6 tells you how to turn it off, but I recommend you to read the
> introduction part to understand what Xorg input hotplugging is about.
>
> Installing is pretty straight forward.
Preston C. wrote:
I am working on the beginners guide and have read some information on
input hotplugging, and was wondering if it was really necessary to do
Step 3- section B in the Beginners Guide?
It's not really necessary, no. Take a look at
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_h
> I haven't had a look at the beginner's guide, but here is what you should
> know:
>
> If you are running hal and have an english layout - you should have to
> do nothing at all.
> If you're not using an english layout, you need to tweak some hal config files
> If you're not running hal, you need
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Preston C. wrote:
> I am working on the beginners guide and have read some information on
> input hotplugging, and was wondering if it was really necessary to do
> Step 3- section B in the Beginners Guide?
>
> If so, I don't really understand exactly what commands
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