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ftornell

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Registered: 2008-08-18

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X hangs, related to evdev?

Hi after installing X it freezes, I can no longer press keys or move my mouse
I have installed the xf86-input-evdev driver and disabled input hotplugging (Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"). But that doesn't help me. Still the same freeze.

Noticed on the wiki one could configure hal to use the kbd/mouse drivers.

How do I do that? help me out!

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okplayer02

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From: Denver, Colorado

Registered: 2008-11-24

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Re: X hangs, related to evdev?

u need to make sure u installed hal

and then u must  put hal as a service in ur rc.conf and start it up

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peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

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Re: X hangs, related to evdev?

If I want evdev to work, I have to set my keyboard driver to "evdev" and have AutoAddDevices as "true" (the default).
If I want the good old kbd, I have to set my keyboard driver to "kbd" and have AutoAddDevices as "false".
I'm using kbd right now, don't want to mess with HAL.
Sorry if this is already obvious.