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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: XServer hal useflag
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:30:48
Message-Id: i05gut$jhd$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] XServer hal useflag by Florian Philipp
1 On 06/26/2010 09:24 PM, Florian Philipp wrote:
2 > Hi list!
3 >
4 > I'm a bit confused about the meaning of the hal useflag on the
5 > x11-base/xorg-server ebuilds nowadays. When I deactivate it, hot-plugin
6 > a mouse does not work and special keys on the keyboard are not detected.
7 > When I enable it, everything works but several driver packages (evdev
8 > and mouse, probably others) want me to deactivate it.
9 >
10 > Does this have anything to do with me still using /etc/X11/xorg.conf and
11 > not auto configuration? Or maybe the update to Gnome-2.28? Or the
12 > general deprecation of hal?
13 >
14 > In short: Did I miss any update advice or do I have to fiddle around
15 > with the settings and useflags until something usable is found, like usual?
16
17 Delete everything related to input devices in xorg.conf and make sure
18 the "udev" USE flag is enabled for xorg-server.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XServer hal useflag Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>