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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-version "2.9.1">

  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/driver/xf86-input-evdev-&xorg-evdev-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/driver/xf86-input-evdev-&xorg-evdev-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-md5sum        "8f73a98e32dccc9d054b54727cc4093f">
  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-size          "380 KB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-buildsize     "3.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-evdev-driver-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

  <!-- Begin Xorg Evdev Driver -->
  <sect2 id="xorg-evdev-driver" xreflabel="Xorg Evdev Driver-&xorg-evdev-driver-version;">

    <title>Xorg Evdev Driver-&xorg-evdev-driver-version;</title>

    <indexterm zone="xorg-evdev-driver">
      <primary sortas="a-xorg-evdev-driver">xorg-evdev-driver</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <sect3 role="package">
      <title>Introduction to Xorg Evdev Driver</title>

      <para>
        The <application>Xorg Evdev Driver</application> package contains Generic
        Linux input driver for the Xorg X server. It handles keyboard, mouse, touchpads
        and wacom devices, though for touchpad and wacom advanced handling,
        additional drivers are required.
      </para>

      &lfs77_checked;

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-evdev-driver-download-http;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-evdev-driver-download-ftp;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download MD5 sum: &xorg-evdev-driver-md5sum;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download size: &xorg-evdev-driver-size;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated disk space required: &xorg-evdev-driver-buildsize;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated build time: &xorg-evdev-driver-time;
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg Evdev Driver Dependencies</bridgehead>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
      <para role="required">
        <xref linkend="libevdev"/> and
        <xref linkend="xorg-server"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended</bridgehead>
      <para role="recommended">
        <xref linkend="mtdev"/>
      </para>

      <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
        User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xorg-evdev-driver"/>
      </para>
    </sect3>
<!-- No need to give kernel configuration here, since already done for
     libevdev. If for any reason you want to uncomment, this configuration
     is not complete.
    <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-evdev-driver-kernel">
      <title>Kernel Configuration</title>

    <para>
      Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
      kernel if necessary:
    </para>

<screen><literal>Device Drivers  - - -&gt;
  Input device support - - -&gt;
    <*> Generic input layer (needed ...) [CONFIG_INPUT]
    <*>   Event interface                [CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV]</literal></screen>

      <indexterm zone="xorg-evdev-driver xorg-evdev-driver-kernel">
        <primary sortas="d-xorg-evdev-driver">xorg-evdev-driver</primary>
      </indexterm>
    </sect3>
-->
    <sect3 role="installation">
      <title>Installation of Xorg Evdev Driver</title>

      <para>
        Install <application>Xorg Evdev Driver</application> by running the following
        commands:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        This package does not come with a test suite.
      </para>

      <para>
        Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="content">
      <title>Contents</title>

      <segmentedlist>
        <segtitle>Installed Xorg Driver</segtitle>

        <seglistitem>
          <seg>
            evdev_drv.so
          </seg>
        </seglistitem>
      </segmentedlist>

      <variablelist>
        <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
        <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
        <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

        <varlistentry id="evdev_drv">
          <term><filename class="libraryfile">evdev_drv.so</filename></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              is an Xorg input driver for Linux generic event devices.
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="xorg-evdev-driver evdev_drv">
              <primary sortas="c-evdev_drv">evdev_drv.so</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>
  <!-- End Xorg Evdev Driver -->
