Input Device Failure

[coffeelove]

I am using a USB Microsoft Mouse which refuses to work unless I put both dbus_enable="YES" & hald_enable="YES" into /etc/r.conf
But my Logitech Keyboard (generic) refuses to acknowledge that I'm hitting any keys other than vowels if these are enabled.

Any ideas on how to get around this?

 

[fronclynne]

caue! I am no fan of HAL (especially after what it did to Dr. Bowman).

I do:

• Build xorg-server without hal
• shout angrily at linux nerds being allowed to write for xorg
• put

  Section "ServerLayout"
  . . .
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
  EndSection

  in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
• curse the ancestors of hal developers for their sticking their camelly noses in the xorg tent
• actually, more cursing

You'll probably have to make sure that the "InputDevice" sections reflect reality, too.

HTH.

 

[SirDice]

You need hal and dbus anyway if you use Gnome, Xfce or KDE. Might as well have Xorg use it too.