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xorg server can use two different sources of mouse, keyboard information. This section descibed kbd and mouse driven one without a HAL (or with disabled HAL).

xorg.conf, section “ServerLayout”:

# disable HAL
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"

# indirectly cause kbd & mouse driver to be used
Option  "AllowEmptyInput" "false"

You need typical keyboard and mouse configuration sections, too.

xorg server can use two different sources of mouse, keyboard information. This one is anount evdev driven and HAL provided information.

evdev kernel module needs to be loaded:

echo evdev >> /etc/modules
modprobe evdev

xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
        Option "XkbModel"   "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout"  "pl"
EndSection

Keyboard configuration

Manual:

cp -a /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

If the above does not work:

setxkbmap -model evdev -layout pl

From KDE 3 Control Center:

Control Center -> Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout -> Keyboard model: "Evdev-managed keyboard"

From KDE 4 systemsettings:

System settings -> Regional & Language -> Keyboard Layout ->  Keyboard model: "Evdev-managed keyboard"

Note that kde3/4 method above is just a GUI-way for configuring kde setxkbmap call.

Xorg v7.4 does not enable tapping by default. To enable add to 11-x11-synaptics.fdi:

<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>

NOTE: you need to copy it first, if you haven't done it so:

cp -a /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/11-x11-synaptics.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy

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