Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Mick <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > # qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ > x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard > x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse > x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati > > Are you saying that the above drivers are no longer needed because > evdev will > do everything and do it correctly? > > > In theory, evdev replaces keyboard and mouse. You can have all three > *present*, but you can only *use* either evdev or keyboard/mouse at > one time. > > evdev will give you basic keyboard and mouse functionality. > It is always possible that you have unusual hardware and will need to > write an fdi file to tell HAL what you have. > It is also always possible that you have very unusual hardware that > evdev cannot cope with. > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Question, I have had evdev, keyboard and mouse in my make.conf for a while now. I also tried the new xorg and it was a disaster for me. Is that the problem? I wish it would try evdev first and then fall back to the old way if it fails. That's just me tho. Dale :-) :-)
