HAL, FDI and inverted mouse

[MacNean Tyrrell]

Don't know if any of you could help out.  I've posted in the ubuntu forums
to no avail, but if you could help or point me to a more knowledgeable
mailinglist/forum i would appreciate that too.

I'm trying to invert the Y axis on my mouse (mainly because Perfect World
Int. doesn't have an ability to do this in game) and I'm old school gamer,
so I can't function without it inverted.  Anyways, so before 8.10 (at least
i think so) you would just add this line to your xorg.conf file in the input
device section:

Option InvY "true"

Now xorg or something uses HAL and you have to create an FDI file (which
i've done):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
  <match key="input.x11_driver" contains="mouse">
   <merge key="input.x11_options.InvY" type="bool">true</merge>

  </match>
 </device>
</deviceinfo>


and this is seen by running lshal:

for my touchpad:

input.x11_driver = 'synaptics'  (string)
  input.x11_options.InvY = true  (bool)



and then my usb mouse:

< udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_c51b_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'
<   info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
<   info.category = 'input'  (string)

<   info.parent =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_c51b_noserial_if0'
(string)
<   info.product = 'Logitech USB Receiver'  (string)
<   info.subsystem = 'input'  (string)

<   info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_c51b_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'
 (string)
<   input.device = '/dev/input/event11'  (string)
<   input.originating_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_46d_c51b_noserial_if0'
(string)

<   input.product = 'Logitech USB Receiver'  (string)
<   input.x11_driver = 'evdev'  (string)
<   input.x11_options.InvY = true  (bool)
<   linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event11'  (string)

<   linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
<   linux.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
<   linux.sysfs_path =
'/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input12/event11'
 (string)



So it should be working, but it doesn't invert the mouse.  Anyone know what
the problem is?

BTW: i have also tried the following to no avail:

<merge key="input.x11_options.InvY" type="string">true</merge>


-- 
Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell




-- 
Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell
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