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
