HAL vs. xorg.conf

[Peter Hutterer]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 09:13:21PM +0200, Simon Thum wrote:
> my dev Xorg instance used to have a de keyboard layout, until I recently 
> upgraded the systems HAL and its associated info (I`m using gentoo).
> Now, hotplug seems to rule out xorg.conf, see below.
> 
> My question: Is that intentional? Is there a way to override without 
> disabling hotplug?

Here's an explanation what happens and why:
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/07/input-configuration-in-nutshell.html

In the end it all comes down to adding the required bits to your fdi file.
 
Cheers,
  Peter