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[Richard Hansen <ubuntu-a7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2014-02-18 19:54, Laércio de Sousa wrote:
> When I say a device can be handled by logind, I mean it's listed in
> the output of command "loginctl seat-status seat0" - in other words,
> it's tagged as "seat" in udev.
> 
> My SM501 card is not tagged as "seat" by default

Ah, I see.  I think tagging it with 'seat' will help simplify your config.

> It seems we have adopted different approaches to deal with seat 
> assignments - while you write your own udev rules, I rely on loginctl
> helper to create them for me.

How do you get loginctl to create udev rules for you?

> Anyway, since my siliconmotion driver is not loaded automatically, 
> some entries in xorg.conf are still needed

Ah.  I wonder what it takes to get the driver to load automatically?

> and MatchSeat key will prevent X server from trying to apply my SM501
> config to my Intel onboard graphics card.

If I understand the X source code correctly, it shouldn't touch your
Intel graphics card if your Intel card is associated with a different
seat (unless you manually specify it in your xorg.conf).

-Richard