[arch-general] HAL depreciation

[dave reisner]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:13 PM, <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:

> Is it actually possible today to replace the automatic X11
> input device selection done by HAL by some udev rules ?
> If yes, is there any guide/wiki/other_doc describing the
> required incantations ?
>
> Ciao,
>
> --
> FA
>
> O tu, che porte, correndo si ?
> E guerra e morte !
>

Yes, it is. You'll need to build xorg-server patched to use libudev. There's
an AUR package [1] that does just that. I've been HAL'less since December.

[1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32428

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