Bug#524185: ditto

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 00:26:19 +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:

> I've checked the Kconfig default (2.6.30) - it's still set to N. So, even
> if we disregard all other things already discussed, for that reason alone
> this is not a user error.
> 
$ zcat /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg/NEWS.Debian.gz |sed -e '/^ --/q'
xserver-xorg (1:7.4+1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changes in handling of input devices

  Starting from this version, input devices are no longer configured
  statically in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  Instead, input devices are detected at
  runtime (and can be hotplugged) and configured individually.  The default
  keyboard layout is shared with the console and is configured in
  /etc/default/console-setup.  As a result, devices configured in xorg.conf to
  use the mouse or kbd driver are ignored by the X server by default.

  For more details, see:
  http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/12/evdev-xorgconf-hal-and-other-fud.html
  http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-keyboard-configuration-handling.html

  * keycodes changes will break custom Xmodmaps

  As a result of using the evdev driver for keyboards, the keycodes for some
  keys are no longer the traditional xfree86 ones.  This will break custom
  Xmodmaps relying on the old keycodes. You'll need to re-configure these
  custom maps with the new keycodes.

  * Linux kernel configuration requirement

  The evdev X driver can't work if the CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV option is disabled
  in your kernel configuration.  You'll have to either enable this kernel
  option, or disable the "AutoAddDevices" option in xorg.conf.

 -- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:11 +0200

If the above isn't clear enough, patches welcome.  The Debian kernels
have had INPUT_EVDEV enabled since pretty much forever afaict.

Cheers,
Julien