X Server 1.6.99.1 HAL <-> XI Problems

[Dan Nicholson]

2008/12/22 Florian Lier <fl0 at icram.de>:
> Good evening everybody (CET),
>
> I'm currently testing Peter Hutterers' XI. AFAIK you don't
> need any device configuration via xorg.conf, instead you choose
> evdev (e.g. at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mydevices.fdi) - then HAL should
> automagically add the devices (at least mouse & kbd) at startup.
>
> My System:
> ThinkPad x31
> Ubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27-11)
> GDM + Metacity
> Ati Mobile
>
> Here's the output of my (stable) 1.5.2 XServer:
>
> fl0 at m0thership:~$ xinput -version
> version 1.3.0
> fl0 at m0thership:~$ xinput --list --short
> "Virtual core keyboard"    id=0    [XKeyboard]
> "Virtual core pointer"    id=1    [XPointer]
> "Macintosh mouse button emulation"    id=2    [XExtensionPointer]
> "Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard"    id=3    [XExtensionKeyboard]
> "Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard"    id=4    [XExtensionKeyboard]
> "Razer Razer Copperhead Laser Mouse"    id=5    [XExtensionKeyboard]
> "Razer Razer Copperhead Laser Mouse"    id=6    [XExtensionPointer]
>
> Next step: Logout - switch to TTY1 - login as root and start "X" like that:
>
> /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/my/path/to/the1.6.99.1/lib
> startx -- /my/path/to/the1.6.99.1/bin/Xorg :1
>
> ---- starts fine ---
>
> Output of my 1.6.99.1 XServer:
>
> root at mpx:~$ xinput --list --short
> "Virtual core keyboard"    id=0    [XKeyboard]
> "Virtual core pointer"    id=1    [XPointer]
> "<default pointer>"    id=2    [XExtensionPointer]
> "<default keyboard>"    id=3    [XExtensionKeyboard]
>
> ---------------------------
>
> 1. lshal and lsusb correctly lists the above devices.
> 2. restarting HAL doesn't help.
> 3. /my/path/to/the1.6.99.1/bin/xinput --create-master "f00" works, but
> there's obviously no device to reattach it :/

Do you have evdev installed in
/my/path/to/the1.6.99.1/lib/xorg/modules/input ? What does the log
say? What do you have in xorg.conf?

--
Dan