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  • From: David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
  • To: SM-Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] X.org and evdev
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:26:16 -0600

Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote:
> :2009-02-13T11:29:Eric Sandall:
>
>> For those interested in using the new X.org HAL hotplugging, you may
>> want to read this:
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EvdevInputDriver
>>
>> We may want to switch our default driver selection for input from
>> xf86-input-{mouse,keyboard} to xf86-input-evdev, after much testing,
>> of course. :)
>
> We don't provide a default driver selection per-se but might include
> -evdev under the sane selection. But making it the only one no way.
>
> Not to mention all the issues people have been recently having with
> evdev anyway.
>

This may trump that statement:
"The evdev driver is the upstream driver of choice, and using it allows
us to stay closer to upstream. Evdev not only allows separate
configuration for each device, it also maintains these configurations if
the device is added at runtime. "

And I use evdev on all my desktop'd pcs, including my laptop, with zero
problems.
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David Kowis

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