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[Juuso Alasuutari <iuso AT sourcemage.org>]

Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting "Juuso Alasuutari" <iuso AT sourcemage.org>:
>
> > I did it! After the whole Xorg/HAL/evdev mess getting on my nerves for
> > quite a while I figured out the Perfect(TM) solution. In other words,
> > here's how to make your keyboard and mouse work properly with
> > xorg-server 1.5.3.
> >
> > 1) Remove all mouse and keyboard configs from /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This
> > consists of:
> >
> > - Removing the "InputDevice" entries from the "ServerLayout" section,
> >    and
> > - removing the "InputDevice" sections themselves (their identifiers are
> >    "Keyboard" and "Mouse").
> >
> > 2) Remove this line from /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> >      Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
> >
> > 3) In /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi, replace this line:
> >        <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">base</merge>
> > With this:
> >        <merge key="input.xkb.rules" type="string">evdev</merge>
> >
> > This tells Xorg to map the keycodes sent by evdev according to
> > /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev instead of the older
> > /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86.
> >
> > If you also want to use a non-us keymap, also replace this line:
> >        <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">us</merge>
> > With something like this:
> >        <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">fi</merge>
> >
> > 4) Restart X and hald.
> >
> > Tell me if anything fails after following this advice.
>
>
> You also need xf86-input-evdev and CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=[m|y] in your  
> kernel, correct? Can we add this to the wiki?

Right, forgot the "obvious" stuff. :) Go right ahead.

Juuso