Implementation of the X Window System

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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"

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.

xorg.conf:

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

For KDE:

KDE Control Center -> Keyboard Layout -> Keyboard model: "Evdev-managed keyboard"