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From:	Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] is Hal required for a Synaptics touchpad ?
Date:	Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:10:57
Message-Id:	`4C82B5BA.8020001@f_philipp.fastmail.net`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] is Hal required for a Synaptics touchpad ? by Philip Webb

1	Am 04.09.2010 14:13, schrieb Philip Webb:
2	> I successfully removed Hal from my desktop machine some time ago.
3	> Today, I tried removing it from my ASUS EEE netbook :
4	> I dropped 'hald' from the default runlevel,
5	> & recompiled Xorg-server + Xf86-input-synaptics with USE="-hal",
6	> but after X opens, everything is frozen (no touchpad, no keys).
7	>
8	> Is anyone else using a touchpad w/o Hal ? Any suggestions ?
9	>
10
11	Try switching to xorg-server-1.8.2 and xorg-drivers-1.8
12	Make sure the udev use flag is enabled.
13
14	Hope this helps,
15	Florian Philipp

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Re: [gentoo-user] is Hal required for a Synaptics touchpad ? -- SOLVED	Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>