I think you are looking for problems where they dont exist:

point your xorg.conf at /dev/input/mice - then all mice end up under the
one reference. i.e., plug in a usbmouse and once the modules are
loaded, its automatically seen by the xserver.

Keyboards (usb) and the native keyboard (on desktops or laptops) just
work - never had to look into how as its always been ok.

i945, not so easy, but it can be done. My laptop with a intel display
chipset (I think its a 945 or maybe 965 - not with me att) changes
resolutions and switches between int/ext or both. Have not tried driving
a TV off it - doesnt have a port for it. The tricks in how you setup
xorg.conf. That being said, the xorg intel drivers were quite
problematic, but the latest at least seems stable. I move between areas
where I use 1024x768 into projectors and a MS wireless laptop mouse,
desktops with an external LCD monitor (1280x1024), keyboard and dell
optical mouse and standalone (1366x768). All devices work as plug/play
- no rebooting needed. I use desktop icons calling a script that runns
xrandr to set the deisplay resolutions (there is a gnome taskbar applet
to it as well)

Basicly for your requirements, its just making sure its correctly setup!
Google!

BillK



On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 11:48 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I found my current XServer-setup very inflexible and would like to hear
> some tips for improving it. What I would like to have is a customizable
> plug'n'play setup which I can configure without restarting the XServer.

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