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Bug#498079: xserver-xorg-core: No input when starting xserver without configuration file



On Sun, 2008-09-07 at 11:05 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:

> The layout is set by /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi,
> but you can override it from /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ (by changing the
> input.xkb.layout, input.xkb.variant and input.xkb.options keys).

That's precious information, thanks.

> 1.4 adds default input devices when running without a configuration.
> That was changed in 1.5 in favour of input-hotplug.  Unfortunately
> enabling x11-input.fdi by default needs some work to transition the
> input device parameters (in particular keyboard layouts) from xorg.conf
> to the hal configuration, and we haven't had time to do that yet, which
> is why it's disabled at the moment.

I understand. Xorg 1.5 is not planned for Lenny, AFAIK, so it's not
urgent.

I think this bug can be closed, but it's up to you.
Thank you so much for your help!

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