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nightmorph 09/12/31 01:37:02 |
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Modified: xorg-config.xml |
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Log: |
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Add information about (re)starting hald, per an email from Janne Mäntylä |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.35 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.35&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?r1=1.34&r2=1.35 |
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Index: xorg-config.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.34 |
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retrieving revision 1.35 |
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diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 |
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--- xorg-config.xml 17 Dec 2009 04:41:24 -0000 1.34 |
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+++ xorg-config.xml 31 Dec 2009 01:37:01 -0000 1.35 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.34 2009/12/17 04:41:24 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.35 2009/12/31 01:37:01 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>The X Server Configuration HOWTO</title> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.24</version> |
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-<date>2009-12-16</date> |
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+<version>1.25</version> |
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+<date>2009-12-30</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>What is the X Window Server?</title> |
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# <i>source /etc/profile</i> |
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</pre> |
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+<p> |
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+Now it's time to start the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) daemon and set it to |
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+automatically start each time you boot. This is necessary to get a working X |
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+environment, otherwise your input devices won't be detected and you'll probably |
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+just get a blank screen. We'll cover HAL more in the <uri |
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+link="#using_hal">next section</uri>. |
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+</p> |
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+<pre caption="Starting HAL"> |
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+# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i> |
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+# <i>rc-update add hald default</i> |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Configuring Xorg</title> |
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-<section> |
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+<section id="using_hal"> |
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<title>Using HAL</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Recent X server versions are designed to work out-of-the-box, with no need to |
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-manually configure Xorg's configuration files. |
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+manually edit Xorg's configuration files. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<path>/etc/hal/fdi/policy/</path>. |
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</p> |
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+<impo> |
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+Remember, <e>every</e> time you finish making changes to HAL policy files, you |
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+need to restart the HAL daemon by running <c>/etc/init.d/hald restart</c>. |
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+</impo> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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You can edit the policy files in <path>/etc/hal/fdi/policy</path> to your |
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liking. You may want to make a few tweaks or to expose additional |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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+Once you're done, run <c>/etc/init.d/hald restart</c> so that HAL picks up your |
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+changes. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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There, now you have a handy way of killing an unresponsive X server. This is |
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useful when programs have frozen your display entirely, or when configuring and |
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tweaking your Xorg environment. Be careful when killing your desktop with this |