Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 10 Jul, Dale wrote: > > >> Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his >> "drive me crazy" friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal >> will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of >> messing with evdev. I'm waiting on something better to come along. I >> bet someone does come up with something better too. This has been a >> PITA since it came out. >> > > Yes, I did have some problems with xorg + hal. But now it's working even > better with hal than without (e.g. I had problems with using my mouse > and my Wacom tablet simultaneously). > > Now I'm running xorg-server-1.6.2 > > The following steps seem to be essential: > > emerge everything X-related with hal (I've put it into /etc/make.conf) > > Let hald start at boot time (very important) > i.e. rc-update add hald boot > > Make a minimal xorg.conf (no drivers for any input device) > the first lines being > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default" > Screen 0 "Screen 0" 0 0 > # Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" > Option "AIGLX" "on" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > # Option "DontZap" "true" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "on" > Option "AutoEnableDevices" "on" > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "on" > EndSection > > Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "On" > EndSection > ....... > > In /etc/make.conf (here) > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev wacom" > > add the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi > > here: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > <deviceinfo version="0.2"> > <device> > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard"> > <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-keymap</append> > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">microsoft</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">xorg</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">en_US</merge> > <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">en_US</merge> > <merge key="input.xkb.model" type="string">microsoft</merge> > <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">xorg</merge> > </match> > > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse"> > <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.WHEELRelativeAxisButtons" type="string">7 > 6</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" type="string">5 > 4</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.Buttons" type="int">8</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.ZAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.Sensitivity" type="int">30</merge> > <merge key="input.x11_options.CorePointer" type="string">true</merge> > </match> > > </device> > </deviceinfo> > > Very import when upgrading to 1.6.* > re-emerge everything that is installed from x11-drivers/* > > Now, you should have the best X11 ever (note, I'm using the > bleeding-edge stuff (unstable isn't the wright word) > i.e. I have > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" (or ~x86 on a 32 bits machine) > > Helmut. > > > >
I printed this but I'm not sure I want to even try this mess again. I'm to the point that until what I have doesn't work anymore, I'm sticking with what does. This has left a bad taste in my mouth. Tasted like a skunk that died about 4 days ago, in the hot sun I might add. Yep, it is ripe. Dale :-) :-)
