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On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 10:20:47PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote |
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> However, I'm now trying to get X up and running. "The X Server |
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> Configuration HOWTO", section 3. "Configuring Xorg" says: |
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> "Hal comes with many premade device rules, also called policies. |
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> These policy files are available in /usr/....../policy. Just find a |
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> few that suit your needs most closely and copy them to /etc/...." |
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> "For example, to get a basic working keyboard/mouse combination, you |
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> could copy the following files... |
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> /usr/.........../10-input-policy.fdi |
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> /usr/.........../10-x11-input.fdi" |
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> . Am I the only person that finds this semantic gibberish? Is there |
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> any explanation somewhere of what a "policy" aka "device rule" is? What |
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> is the semantic significance of a "device rule"? What does it mean, to |
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> "rule a device", or what sort of restrictions are being placed on this |
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> device? |
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My solution to simplify Gentoo... |
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waltdnes@d531 ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.mask |
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sys-libs/pam |
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sys-apps/dbus |
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sys-apps/hal |
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You'll have to do a manual depclean (very carefully) and |
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revdep-rebuild, but it's worth the effort to purify your Gentoo system. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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