Mike Kazantsev a gentiment tapote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:47:46 -0400 > Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > > >> After installing Xorg-server 1.5.3 & adopting the Evdev approach, >> I can unplug + replug my mouse & keyboard without losing usage: >> previously, you had to restart X to get them back. I assume >> the idea behind the change is to allow hotplugging these devices. >> > > Strangely enough, I do it more than ten times a day, and it works > perfectly with old-style configuration. > Same thing worked for PS/2 keyboard/mouse, unlike M$-OS. > > Some days ago, i upgraded to Xorg-server-1.5.3 with hal use flag and evdev drivers for PS/2 mouse and keyboard (with my 8 year-old AMD 1.2 GHz CPU). I commented all the lines about mouse and keyboard in the xorg.conf file and now use /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi. I unmerged xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse and everything works nice ! For fun i plugged a second usb mouse, and then i got one mouse for left hand and another one for the right hand :-) .
Cheers, -- Jacques
