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MariusEriksen

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Registered: 2009-10-24

Posts: 25

HAL - Can't get the configuring right..

Having a hard time configuring hal, just doesn't seem to figure it out myself.

Input Hotplugging
This is what I did, in same order:
# pacman -S hal dbus xf86-input-evdev
# cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
# nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi
Everything worked out fine, and I now tried to configure /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

10-keymap.fdi now looks like this: (the parts i changed)
<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">no</merge>
<merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string">grp:marius</merge>

I also added hal to my DEAMON in rc.conf
/etc/rc.conf DEAMON:
DEAMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hal kdm kde)

This is mye xorg.conf:
/X11/xorg.conf
ection "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "no"
Option "XkbVariant" "no"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

When I boot, evertything works fine in tty1, untill i type #xine to start KDE. I got no mouse or keyboard at all..
So I had to diasble hal (?) by adding "AutoAddDevices" "False" in my xorg.conf.
By disabling auto add devices I now got both mouse and keyboard, with desired layout (norwegian=no)

I currently use external mouse and keyboard with USB connection.

Also wondering about another thing: How do I start KDE automaticly when I login as my user?
Guessing ~/.bash_profile start after i run the #xine command to start KDE?

cprice

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Registered: 2009-10-24

Posts: 14

Re: HAL - Can't get the configuring right..

I also added hal to my DEAMON in rc.conf
/etc/rc.conf DEAMON:
DEAMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hal kdm kde)

Having only installed arch yesterday I am no expert by any means - 100% noob.  But I dont think that you need kde in your deamon and kdm should give you a splash screen that you type in uname and passwd.  Shouldnt need to type in xine to start into kde.

very respectfully

Peasantoid

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Registered: 2009-04-26

Posts: 928

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Re: HAL - Can't get the configuring right..

## Never mind.

Last edited by Peasantoid (2009-10-25 21:56:15)