Apparently, though unproven, at 11:10 on Thursday 28 October 2010, Helmut Jarausch did opine thusly:
> Many thanks, Alan. > Meanwhile, upgrading to xorg-server-1.8.2 went smoothly and > I've removed /etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi > where I had some settings for the keyboard and the mouse. Looks like you hit the sweet spot of success :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com