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From: Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:34
Message-Id: 20100209104708.GA10490@math.princeton.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? by Dale
1 On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 02:16:15AM -0600, Dale wrote:
2 > Simpler than that, just add -hal to xorg stuff in package.use and then
3 > run emerge -uvDNa world. It will rebuild a couple things, maybe even
4 > just xorg, then everything is back to the old way. This allows hal to
5 > be their for other things where it does work but it disables it where it
6 > doesn't work.
7 >
8 Don't you also need to find yourself a working xorg.conf? I seem to be
9 under the impression that the OP has a recently built new system.
10
11 "Xorg -configure" usually gives a working configuration file. Unless
12 you have nonstandard input devices or if you need to tweak the
13 settings for graphics and display.
14
15 The good thing is: you only need to set it up once and forget about
16 it. The bad thing is: you only set it up once and forget about it, so
17 the next time you install a new system you have to read the man page
18 again.
19
20 Cheers,
21
22 W
23 --
24 Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu
25 Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
26 et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton

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Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>