On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

First I've heard of this. Interesting. Is there something I should be
reading to keep up with this sort of change?

Thanks,
Mark

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