On Friday 15 May 2009 18:42:10 Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Friday 15 May 2009 18:03:21 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> On Mittwoch 08 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > >>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > >>> > >>> <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>>>> So I think setting it in xorg.conf is easier, but at least it is not > >>>>> absolutely required if you can run setxkbmap in your xdm startup. :) > >>>> > >>>> which is so idiotic I won't even comment on that any further. > >>> > >>> I think editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi is easier than that, > >>> even. :) > >> > >> and I think editing xorg.conf is the easiest way. > > > > I think dumping hal for the stupid piece of software it is and moving to > > devicekit like the developer intends, is an even easier way... > > Since the "new" xorg-server was a complete flop here, when will this > devicekit option be coming? Please tell me it will be easier that hal is.
I have no idea, sorry :-( DeviceKit isn't even in portage yet and not many packages support it. I don't even know if the devs will change and improve the configs much, if at all. The problem with hal is that it's code base is a mess, and it's design is a mish- mash of stuff throwwn together. At least, that's what the lead hal dev says -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
