On 11/7/2012 10:27 AM, Warren Block wrote:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, CeDeROM wrote:
Isn't this a Xorg bug then? When I have no configuration file Hal should
provide the configuration, so sooner or later the mouse should start
moving... but is does not..
Do I get http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html correct that
when I am using xorg.conf there is no need for Hal and when I am using
Hal
there is no need for xorg.conf?
Not quite, no. xorg.conf is the configuration file for xorg-server. It
can do a lot more than just identify input devices.
Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" tells xorg-server: even if hal is present
and running, don't use it to detect input devices.
AFAIK, hal is not used by xorg-server for anything else. All other
autoconfig (video card detection, monitor detection, it even has its own
built-in input device detection) is done by the xorg server itself.
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And, for the record, HAL is NOT needed in recent xorg-server, even for
running without an xorg.conf file. This was not the case for a while,
but with recent xorg-server, hal is NOT NEEDED even for autodetection.
It has been deprecated by the linux folks for a few years now.
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Chuck Burns <[email protected]>
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