Strange issue with hal and Xorg [SOLVED-Workaround]

[Justin Mattock]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Matt Hayes<dominian at slackadelic.com> wrote:
> Matt Hayes wrote:
>> Normally, xorg.conf I could map my buttons using ZAxisMapping "4 5" and
>> ButtonMapping "1 2 3 6 7" and Buttons "7" and things were dandy.
>>
>> Well, after the latest updates to Slackware and Xorg, what I'm seeing
>> now is the side buttons on my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3 are
>> mapping the buttons (side buttons) as 8 9 instead of 6 7.
>>
>> However, making a change in xorg.conf to facilitate the change in
>> mapping, things DO work fine in X, but not other applications such as
>> Enemy Territory.
>>
>> Below is my xinput list:
>>
>> "Virtual core pointer"  id=0    [XPointer]
>>         Num_buttons is 32
>>         Num_axes is 2
>>         Mode is Relative
>>         Motion_buffer is 256
>>         Axis 0 :
>>                 Min_value is -1
>>                 Max_value is -1
>>                 Resolution is 0
>>         Axis 1 :
>>                 Min_value is -1
>>                 Max_value is -1
>>                 Resolution is 0
>> "Virtual core keyboard" id=1    [XKeyboard]
>>         Num_keys is 248
>>         Min_keycode is 8
>>         Max_keycode is 255
>> "Macintosh mouse button emulation"      id=2    [XExtensionPointer]
>>         Type is MOUSE
>>         Num_buttons is 32
>>         Num_axes is 2
>>         Mode is Relative
>>         Motion_buffer is 256
>>         Axis 0 :
>>                 Min_value is -1
>>                 Max_value is -1
>>                 Resolution is 1
>>         Axis 1 :
>>                 Min_value is -1
>>                 Max_value is -1
>>                 Resolution is 1
>> "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"  id=3    [XExtensionKeyboard]
>>         Type is KEYBOARD
>>         Num_keys is 248
>>         Min_keycode is 8
>>         Max_keycode is 255
>> "Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)"        id=4
>> [XExtensionPointer]
>>         Type is MOUSE
>>         Num_buttons is 32
>>         Num_axes is 2
>>         Mode is Relative
>>         Motion_buffer is 256
>>         Axis 0 :
>>                 Min_value is -1
>>                 Max_value is -1
>>                 Resolution is 1
>>         Axis 1 :
>>                 Min_value is -1
>>                 Max_value is -1
>>                 Resolution is 1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Now, what I don't understand is why hal is detecting the mouse as
>> Num_buttons 32... I even created a hal policy to map the buttons how I
>> normally would in xorg.conf and this had no effect.
>>
>> I'm at a loss.
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>
> Ok, well I finally got this figured it out.  The issue was evdev, of
> course, some of the suggestions everyone made got me digging through
> some research.
>
> I added:
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
> EndSection
>
> To my xorg.conf, restarted X, and what do you know.. .mouse buttons map
> properly and Enemy Territory again picks it up.
>
> Basically telling hal to go away :)
>
> I know its more of a band-aid, but it works
>
>
> Thanks everyone for the help,
>
> Matt
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Cool, glad it works for you..


-- 
Justin P. Mattock