HAL not detecting my HID input devices?

[Simon Thum]

Dirk wrote:
> Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Dirk <noisyb at gmx.net> wrote:
>>> some people are quite happy with only 1 hardware abstraction layer (the
>>> kernel)... but now they managed to snuck their crap into distributions
>>> as dependency(!) and i'm frustrated enough about that to make an ass of
>>> myself here if it helps in demotivating them.. :)
>> Sure, I feel your pain. Back then it was enough to bring a shoe box
>> full of punchcards, now they've added a monitor and a keyboard as
>> dependencies(!).
>>
>> It's called progress. And while we're at it, HAL will eventually be
>> phased out in favor of udev (merged with DeviceKit). I hope you don't
>> hate udev too (no, static /dev/ is not going to work in the age of
>> dynamic device majors in kernel).
You're essentially wasting your time, but everyone should make his own 
opinion. I think dirk's problem is not as technical as he claims.

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