xorg-server with udev support instead of dbus/hal

[Didier Spaier]

Stephan Raue wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> yesterday i have found an patch to lets building xorg-server with udev 
> instead of hal/dbus for detecting input devices. i have taken an quick 
> look in this  but i cant get it work in the moment. i dont know where 
> the patch comes from, or if this will be included in the next time. this 
> patch can be found for minimyth, an small mediacenter distribution. 
> because HAL will be deprecated in the next time i think we need an 
> alternative for HAL less systems.
> 
> look here:
> http://code.google.com/p/minimyth/source/detail?r=5787ytgink
> http://code.google.com/p/minimyth/sourc ... amp;r=5799 
> <http://code.google.com/p/minimyth/source/browse/trunk/gar-minimyth/script/meta/minimyth/files/source/rootfs/lib/udev/rules.d/06-minimyth-xorg-evdev.rules?spec=svn5799&r=5799> 
> 
> 
> does anyone know about this patch and the usage of this?
> is there an plan to add this patch to xorg-server?
> 
> greetings
> 
> Stephan

Not sure if that answers your question but I re-configure xorg-server (version 1.6.3 on a Slackware64-13.0 distribution) with the --disable-config-hal option.

I not not launch the HAL daemon at startup and everything seems fine.

I still use dBus though because CUPS needs it.

As a side not a config file can be set up in order not to rely on HAL even without -disable-config-hal set but this doen't work on 1.6.3 if dBus is running and I prefer to use stock Slackware packages whenever I can.