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From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: xorg-config.xml
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:37:09
Message-Id: E1NQ9yI-0000P2-0g@stork.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 09/12/31 01:37:02
2
3 Modified: xorg-config.xml
4 Log:
5 Add information about (re)starting hald, per an email from Janne Mäntylä
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.35 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.35&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?r1=1.34&r2=1.35
13
14 Index: xorg-config.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.34
18 retrieving revision 1.35
19 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35
20 --- xorg-config.xml 17 Dec 2009 04:41:24 -0000 1.34
21 +++ xorg-config.xml 31 Dec 2009 01:37:01 -0000 1.35
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
24 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.34 2009/12/17 04:41:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.35 2009/12/31 01:37:01 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide>
29 <title>The X Server Configuration HOWTO</title>
30 @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
31 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
32 <license/>
33
34 -<version>1.24</version>
35 -<date>2009-12-16</date>
36 +<version>1.25</version>
37 +<date>2009-12-30</date>
38
39 <chapter>
40 <title>What is the X Window Server?</title>
41 @@ -213,19 +213,32 @@
42 # <i>source /etc/profile</i>
43 </pre>
44
45 +<p>
46 +Now it's time to start the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) daemon and set it to
47 +automatically start each time you boot. This is necessary to get a working X
48 +environment, otherwise your input devices won't be detected and you'll probably
49 +just get a blank screen. We'll cover HAL more in the <uri
50 +link="#using_hal">next section</uri>.
51 +</p>
52 +
53 +<pre caption="Starting HAL">
54 +# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i>
55 +# <i>rc-update add hald default</i>
56 +</pre>
57 +
58 </body>
59 </section>
60 </chapter>
61
62 <chapter>
63 <title>Configuring Xorg</title>
64 -<section>
65 +<section id="using_hal">
66 <title>Using HAL</title>
67 <body>
68
69 <p>
70 Recent X server versions are designed to work out-of-the-box, with no need to
71 -manually configure Xorg's configuration files.
72 +manually edit Xorg's configuration files.
73 </p>
74
75 <p>
76 @@ -274,6 +287,11 @@
77 <path>/etc/hal/fdi/policy/</path>.
78 </p>
79
80 +<impo>
81 +Remember, <e>every</e> time you finish making changes to HAL policy files, you
82 +need to restart the HAL daemon by running <c>/etc/init.d/hald restart</c>.
83 +</impo>
84 +
85 <p>
86 You can edit the policy files in <path>/etc/hal/fdi/policy</path> to your
87 liking. You may want to make a few tweaks or to expose additional
88 @@ -310,6 +328,11 @@
89 </pre>
90
91 <p>
92 +Once you're done, run <c>/etc/init.d/hald restart</c> so that HAL picks up your
93 +changes.
94 +</p>
95 +
96 +<p>
97 There, now you have a handy way of killing an unresponsive X server. This is
98 useful when programs have frozen your display entirely, or when configuring and
99 tweaking your Xorg environment. Be careful when killing your desktop with this