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On 10/28/10 10:22:42, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 09:18 on Thursday 28 October 2010, |
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> Helmut |
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> Jarausch did opine thusly: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > this might well we a FAQ but I couldn't find it. |
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> > In the process of upgrading to xorg-server-1.8.2 I'd like to remove |
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> > the 'hal' use flag. |
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> > I have removed it in /etc/make.conf and added 'udev' instead. |
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> That will remove it globally from the entire system, which might not |
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> be what |
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> you want. IIRC k3b needs hal for instance to work correctly. |
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Thanks, I've added it again. |
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> > The xorg-server definitely doesn't have this use flag set in |
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> > /etc/portage/package.use |
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> > Still, emerge -vp x11-base/xorg-server shows that it is going to |
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> use |
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> > the 'hal' but not the 'udev' flag. |
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> > How to find out where this comes from. |
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> I usually read the ebuilds and grep directly through files to find |
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> this kind |
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> of stuff :-) I find it easier than remembering commands. |
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> The xorg-server ebuild says: |
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> IUSE_SERVERS="dmx kdrive xorg" |
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> IUSE="${IUSE_SERVERS} doc hal ipv6 minimal nptl tslib +udev" |
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> So it uses all those flags, and "udev" is on by default unless you |
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> explicitly |
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> say otherwise somewhere. |
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> > I haven't found anything in 'use.mask' in my profile |
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> > default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop |
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> Post the USE section from emerge --info, the output from |
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> emerge -vp x11-base/xorg-server. |
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Unfortunately, that's too late now. |
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Meanwhile I have add |
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x11-base/xorg-server -hal |
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to /etc/portage/package.use |
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> the output from |
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> grep -r udev /etc/portage/* |
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> grep -r hal /etc/portage/* |
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That didn't show any hal entries. |
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> and let's take it from there. |
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> Finding stuff in profiles is tricky, you have to search upwards |
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> through the |
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> directories, not downwards. |
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Many thanks, Alan. |
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Meanwhile, upgrading to xorg-server-1.8.2 went smoothly and |
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I've removed /etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi |
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where I had some settings for the keyboard and the mouse. |
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Helmut. |
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