X input: devd, dbus, hald, evdev... ???

[Jonathan Anderson]

Hi all,

It seems like there's been a lot of churn in X lately, so I have a few 
questions about the current state of play for input devices. Apologies 
in advance for the barrage. :)

I notice that the handbook 
(https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html) doesn't mention 
dbus or hald, so are they not needed any more? Is everything meant to be 
handled automatically through devd? Should I remove the hald_enable line 
from /etc/rc.conf? dbus_enable?

How does evdev/webcamd fit into the picture? I see that devd is starting 
an instances webcamd for my touchpad and touchscreen, but when I install 
xf86-input-evdev, it does funny things to my keyboard input.

Should X be able to detect input devices under /dev/input automatically, 
or do I need to explicitly configure them? I think that I need an 
explicit driver config for my drm-next setup, so does that mean that I 
also need to create explicit ServerLayout, Screen, Keyboard, Mouse, 
etc., files in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d?

In sum... how is this all meant to fit together?

Thanks,


Jon

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jonathan at FreeBSD.org