Hello! On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:21:45PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: ... > Next steps > ---------- ... > At around the same time, we'd like to enable hotplugging of input > devices, and their configuration through hal. This means using the > "evdev" driver for mice and keyboards instead of the traditional "mouse" > and "keyboard" drivers, which will for example use of different keymaps > for different keyboards, per-device configuration (not only statically, > but also at runtime), etc. > /usr/share/doc/hal/examples/10-x11-input.fdi and > /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi in the hal package > contain an example config, which you can modify to suit your needs and > install in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ to get a feel for this.
No bug filed yet, just FYI: "evdev" currently has a problem with suspend/undock: I have an external mouse and keyboard connected to the docking station of a Lenovo R61, the keyboard configured for evddev. On suspend/undock, the X-server doesn't release the device node /dev/input/event?. The Linux kernel forcefully unpluggs all devices on suspend/undock and re-pluggs them on resume/dock. Since the old device-node is still open (and thus used), a new device-node with a new number is created. The external keyboard is thus dead, until I restart the server. "lsof -p `pidof X`" shows the node as still be opened, but deleted. The mouse uses /dev/input/mice and thus doesn't have the problem. Switching to console before suspending/undocking doesn't help either. This basically happens because xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.0.3/src/evdev.c:EvdevProc(DeviceIntPtr device, int what) doesn't release the node on DEVICE_OFF and re-opens it on DEVICE_ON, but opens it in EvdevPreInit() and closes it in DEVICE_CLOSE. But according to http://www.x.org/wiki/XOrgInputDriverSpec that should actually what should be done. Googling for this shows that others have this problem, too. I currently don't have time to fix it myself, but others should know and perhaps have time and more experience with writing XOrg input drivers to fix this properly. BYtE Philipp -- Philipp Matthias Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG/PGP: 9A540E39 @ keyrings.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
