user pkg-fso-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org usertags 517307 + input-touchscreen thanks Hi Neil! Thank you for having cc:ed the pkg-fso-maint@ mailing list, please continue to do so, TIA. To everyone, please read this mail *entirely* before replying, there are some important information I put at the end on purpose. On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:49:59 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > For the first time, we have working touchscreen support on the Balloon3 > using xserver-xorg-input-tslib (0.0.5-4) - as long as hal is installed. > > After installing hal, xorg appears to no longer need any changes > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf - indeed there does not need to be any mention of > the touchscreen support at all and the touchscreen works exactly as > before. > > Please re-test on the openmoko with hal installed and touchscreen > related changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf removed - it may well simplify > the installation considerably and render this bug moot. FYI, with hal installed I do not need any tslib configuration for X11. However, am I the only one who does not want hal? ===== debian-gta02:/etc/X11# apt-get install hal Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: console-common console-data hal-info kbd libhal-storage1 pm-utils usbutils Suggested packages: unicode-data gnome-device-manager cpufrequtils Recommended packages: eject uswsusp vbetool radeontool The following NEW packages will be installed: console-common console-data hal hal-info kbd libhal-storage1 pm-utils usbutils 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 3160kB of archives. After this operation, 8950kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. debian-gta02:/etc/X11# ===== Of all the packages above, I do not see why we would want console-* and kbd* packages by default on Openmoko phones (which do not have any real keyboard). pm-utils is useless as well, since the only power-management action (i.e., suspension) is done through `apm -s`. I know I am fighting like Don Quixote, since starting from version 1:7.4~5 xserver-xorg depends on both hal and the evdev input driver [1], but I would not exchange 9MB with an automatic configuration, especially on devices which are very specific WRT their components. Should I file a bug requesting demotion of hal and the evdev input driver to Recommends: instead? Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/x/xorg/xorg_7.4~5/changelog#versionversion1:7.4_5
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