Bug#508244: xserver-xorg: no input devices detected
Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 09/12/08 at 08:44 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>
>> Package: xserver-xorg
>> Version: 1:7.4~4
>> Severity: grave
>> Justification: renders package unusable
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On a new laptop, I need the intel driver from experimental, so I'm
>> forced to use the xorg from experimental as well.
>>
>> With the lenny version (using the vesa driver) input works fine.
>>
>> After switching to the experimental version, the keyboard layout is
>> switched to qwerty, and I can't switch VT using Ctrl+Alt+FX, nor kill
>> the X server using C-A-backspace.
>>
>
> This was caused by the switch to evdev in X.org 1.5. The keyboard
> mapping now has to be configured in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi.
>
s/evdev/input-hotplug (which uses evdev)/ actually. If you want
to configure the keyboard layout manually, you should do it in
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/something.fdi. There are some details in
http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/16734.html
There should be an automatic way to get the right keyboard layout
in the near future.
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is disabled by default now. There's no consensus
about enabling or disabling it by default, but many users complained
about killing X by mistake, so it's disabled now (upstream).
Ctrl-Alt-Fx should work. Is it better with latest experimental
packages?
Brice
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