i have a configuration where i run more Xservers, each Xserver has it's tft/keyboard/mouse. keyboard/mouse is asigned to the right X using the evdev X module. after upgrading to hal-0.5.10 moving any of the mice moves the cursor of all the running X servers, typing on any keyboard types on all the X servers. all mice act like one mouse. all keyboards act like one keyboard. this breaks my X ServerLayouts.
Add: Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" to section ServerFlags in xorg.conf. This should prevent xorg-server from hotplugging mice and keyboards.
is that related to hal? if i downgrade to sys-apps/hal-0.5.9.1-r3 it works fine.
hal 0.5.10 introduces /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi which tells xorg-server to hotplug input devices. Probably it adds your mouse and keyboard to every running X-Server. The Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" should prevent that.
Sat Jan 12 22:15:10 2008 <<< sys-apps/hal-0.5.9.1-r3 Sat Jan 12 22:15:10 2008 >>> sys-apps/hal-0.5.10 Sat Jan 12 22:15:30 2008 <<< app-misc/hal-info-20071011 Sat Jan 12 22:15:30 2008 >>> app-misc/hal-info-20071030 i just upgraded to the new hal,added the "AutoAddDevices" to xorg.conf, and works as expected. thanks. and thanks for the quick answers.
(In reply to comment #4) > i just upgraded to the new hal,added the "AutoAddDevices" to xorg.conf, and > works as expected. thanks. Uh, that's no fix as it basically disabled HAL.
(In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #4) > > i just upgraded to the new hal,added the "AutoAddDevices" to xorg.conf, and > > works as expected. thanks. > > Uh, that's no fix as it basically disabled HAL. > Jakub, Read the documentation. xorg-server can not use HAL in multi-server mode. It will do exactly what the user has reported and is a known issue. The xorg-server developers hope to address this in the next version. There is nothing we as Gentoo can do to fix this issue then to tell the user to disable auto-adding of devices in the xorg-server as directed by upstream.
(In reply to comment #6) > Read the documentation. xorg-server can not use HAL in multi-server mode. There's absolutely no xorg documentation shipped for any HAL stuff whatsoever. Anyway, FIXED is wrong resolution for this.
UPSTREAM.