Comments on: Disable HAL in Xorg on Debian / Ubuntu

By: Test

Test — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:38:36 +0000

This does not work on Debian (for me).

Even if configured in xorg.conf mouse and keyboard don’t work.

The only way out is a cold restart…

By: DnS

DnS — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:36:22 +0000

I don’t know whats the hell going on BUT since many years , i haven’t had such broken system !

Last month :
- no keyboard + no mouse > what can we do with a broken computer even without a fonctionnal keyboard ?! Yeah baby : NOTHING !
New feature ? Woo ! Perhaps a psychokinesis interface ? Let’s try ! ** concentration ** Too bad : doesn’t work. ;(

Reverting to old fashion style : no problem.

Yesterday :
i’ve give a try again to see if it’s OK … well well well … almost.
- the mouse work but just the 2 buttons ( nice try , insert coin , reload )
- Keyboard is detected too ( *\o/* ) but when i type 1 caracter , the keyboard choose to type 3 caracters ( nice try again , insert coin , no coin : hey this is the crysis ! )

Today :
i want to automount at startup my second drive and let HAL do the job : the drive is detected BUT not mounted.
Don’t panic , lets edit my fstab … restart … nice “sda” is now “sdb” and vice versa … restart … work … restart … doesn’t work.

Thanks HAL , now i’ve suicidal tendencies …

By: admin

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:56:18 +0000

I missed this thread on debian-list .. that’s it .. anyways my current RAID + HAL segfault is now gone away ..

Bye

By: Wiegald

Wiegald — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:43:43 +0000

Looks like people really, fucking, hate HAL:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/07/msg00944.html

By: thanks

thanks — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:44:46 +0000

Thank you! Now I can run my Sidux box without HAL!

In addition to your instructions, one might need to add to xorg.conf the “InputDevice” section for the mouse and the “InputDevice” section for the keyboard (I just copied these sections from on old xorg.conf).

And, of course, one would also need to add the corresponding entries for these input devices to the “ServerLayout” section of xorg.conf.

Thanks!

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:06:07 +0000

No, I’m bitching cause Debian doesn’t provide anymore a good way to configure xorg.. and always trust HAL to do the right job, but if something goes wrong nothing will work .. and once again Debian provide any help how to re-install the “normal” way ..

I searched a little time to discover that I need install kbd and mouse package by hand.

For the Planet Python, open your eyes … and check the Python section of this site, you will discover some python posts no ? .. but you ‘re right, I asked Planet Python a couple of times to remove my main RSS feed .. but never received an answer.

Bye Bye.

By: No

No — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:58:12 +0000

So, wait, your OS accommodates you with sane defaults, and lets you modularly install the alternative, and you bitch about that?

Way to go.

By the way, why are you on Planet Python? You don’t post anything about Python.