On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 09:34:38AM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:19:52 -0500 >> Tom Horsley wrote: >> >>> That might be the very thing! There is even a fedora package >>> for it. I'm off to crank it up and see if I can get it >>> to work they way I want. Thanks! >> >> Unfortunately, just like gnome-mouse-properties, there is >> nothing in this tool that will handle the button mapping or >> drag lock changes I want :-(. > > As with much of input, we've been in a transitional phase for the last years > to turn from the old static system into a more flexible and dynamic one. X > is on the bottom of the stack, so any change needs to be reflected in the > upper layers - and they're not necessarily there yet. > > We're slowly catching up, but not as quick as some would like us and many > options are still not exposed - drag lock being one example. > > So here's the cardhouse: > As you said, the single xorg.conf file isn't really suited to evdev (or the > other way round). The input system is now aimed at per-device, per-session > (runtime) configuration. Static configuration is possible, but discouraged. > You can dop keys into the HAL configuration, but that'll go away eventually > with udev.
Does this mean that he should be configuring udev? I've written my own udev files (for usb storage) before; I found it annoying, but possible. [For the record, as far as udev was concerned, I just had to make another file to go in /etc/udev/rules.d/ ]. HTH, --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Name: Tim Nelson | Because the Creator is, | | E-mail: wayl...@wayland.id.au | I am | --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version 3.12 GCS d+++ s+: a- C++$ U+++$ P+++$ L+++ E- W+ N+ w--- V- PE(+) Y+>++ PGP->+++ R(+) !tv b++ DI++++ D G+ e++>++++ h! y- -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg