Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X -config fail

[doherty pete]

i'm sorry,but chinese doc is different form english doc,
i read chinese doc and loss some step.

2011/1/16 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>

> On Sunday 16 January 2011 13:53:14 doherty pete wrote:
> > how can i confim i have evdev,if i donn't have ,i think i have to edite
> > /etc/make.cof USE=-evdev -dri -dri2 or VIDEOCARD="-evdev -dri -dri2"
> > and recompile xorg-server
>
> Pete, can you please read the documentation and follow it to the letter:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
>
> What you are asking is covered under the section titled "make.conf
> configuration".
>
>
> To find out if you have something installed you can try:
> ===============================
> # emerge --search evdev
> Searching...
> [ Results for search key : evdev ]
> [ Applications found : 1 ]
>
> *  x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
>      Latest version available: 2.5.0
>      Latest version installed: 2.5.0
>      Size of files: 306 kB
>      Homepage:      http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
>      Description:   Generic Linux input driver
>      License:       MIT
> ===============================
>
> If it has not been installed before, it will say:
>
>     Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>
>
> Alternatively, you can emerge and use app-portage/eix and then run:
> ===============================
> # eix -l evdev
> [I] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
>     Available versions:
>                        2.4.0 "alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 sh
> sparc x86"
> [debug]
>                        2.5.0 "~alpha amd64 arm hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ppc64
> ~sh ~sparc
> x86"
>                ~       2.6.0 "~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc
> ~ppc64 ~sh ~sparc
> ~x86"
>     Installed versions:  2.5.0(22:20:38 26/12/10)
>     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
>     Description:         Generic Linux input driver
> ===============================
>
>
> Finally, if you know the exact package name try running:
> ===============================
> # emerge -1aDv xf86-input-evdev
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.5.0  0 kB
>
> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
>
> Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No
>
> Quitting.
> ============================
>
> The R symbol denotes that you are trying to re-emerge it.  If you hadn't
> installed it, you get [ebuild  N    ] for 'new'.
>
> HTH.
>
>
> PS.  Please try to avoid top posting.  It breaks the natural flow of the
> discussion.
>
>
> > 2011/1/16 walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
> >
> > > On 01/15/2011 07:17 AM, doherty pete wrote:
> > >> when i input
> > >> Xorg -configure
> > >> the log is
> > >>
> > >  [   442.765] (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not
> exist,
> > >
> > >> 0)
> > >
> > > This is all very confusing unless you know the history of evdev, which
> > > most sane people don't know. (I obviously don't qualify as sane :)
> > >
> > > Try emerging xf86-input-evdev.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>



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