On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/17/10, James Rayner <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:16 +0530, "Nilesh Govindarajan" >> <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I don't have seven mouse buttons. >>> The mouse and keyboard is already configured in xorg.conf using >>> drivers mouse and kbd. >>> If I stop hal, and then start Xorg, it doesn't work. I've to hard reset >>> my box. >> >> That's because you haven't configured Xorg. Without HAL, you need to >> create entries in your Xorg.conf regarding mouse/keyboard. This is >> documented all over the internet, and a new config using Xorg -configure >> will probably also contain the appropriate lines. >> > > Besides having entries for mouse and keyboard, now it's required to > include a server flags section: > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" > EndSection > > 1st flag is to prevent Xorg to automatically load devices through HAL, > and 2nd is to prevent Xorg to start with no devices (so it makes sure > you have the entries configuring them). > > This was documented somewhere I don't remember where though... > > -- > Javier. > Let it be. I'm happy with what I have now. WIll migrate to udev once KDE and Xorg officially stop using HAL. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com
