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I took on the task of installing Gentoo for the first time on my desktop and |
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there were a few speed bumps I had to overcome before getting everything |
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running correctly. |
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Xorg 1.5 seems to be pretty much standard now and it doesn't seem to be very |
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clear in the X Server Configuration page...the most notable change being the |
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use of evdev. I think there should be some reference to the 1.5 upgrade |
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guide within the original X config guide. Also, there isn't any specific |
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instruction to starting dbus or hald in either guide, despite it being a |
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requirement to get the evdev stuff to work. (Note that the step IS |
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documented in the Gnome installation guide which seems somewhat misplaced |
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considering one wouldn't move to the gnome installation phase until after X |
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is working properly) I spent a good 3 hours Saturday night trying to figure |
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out why X wouldn't respond to my mouse or keyboard just to find out I never |
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started hald. I was able to figure it out after a bit of common sense time, |
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but if that step was listed somewhere before the "startx" step, it would |
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have relieved my headache much earlier. This may be considered a noob |
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mistake, but the Handbook seems to be geared towards the noob anyways and |
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states what could be considered obvious steps to more linux-savvy users. |
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