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Black Napalm wrote: |
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> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org |
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> <mailto:kutulu@××××××.org>> wrote: |
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> > On 4/5/2010 7:37 AM, Black Napalm wrote: |
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> >> Hello! |
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> >> I am trying to set up X.org and the Gentoo X Server configuration |
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> >> HOWTO says that HAL should be used and that xorg.conf should only be |
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> >> used as a last resort. However, when running X without a configuration |
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> >> file, it autodetects the video card and tries to load the wrong |
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> >> drivers, which I haven't installed, and therefore fails. |
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> >> Is there a way to force X to use a specific driver without using a |
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> >> configuration file? I am not really familiar with HAL, but it seems as |
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> >> though none of the provided policies have anything to do with video |
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> >> cards. |
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> > 1. Dale, preemptive shush. |
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> > 2. HAL is going away, so I'd suggest you just ignore everything the |
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> > HOWTO says about it and use the previous method of defining everything |
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> > in xorg.conf. |
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> > 3. If you want to keep HAL: the HOWTO isn't really referring to your |
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> > video hardware when it says not to use a configuration file. It's |
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> > mostly talking about your input devices and other hardware. If X isn't |
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> > auto-detecting your hardware properly, adding configuration sections to |
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> > xorg.conf is still correct. |
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> Thanks for the advice! I will then gladly define it in xorg.conf, |
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> maybe even remove HAL. |
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I'll never shush. lol |
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By all means try it with a xorg.conf first with hal enabled. You can |
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use X -configure to generate a xorg.conf file. Make sure it puts it |
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where it is needed. It has been while since i had to do this but |
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sometimes it puts it in /root for testing and you have to move it to |
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/etc/X11/ yourself. Just plain ole copy works fine. Nothing special |
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about the copy process. |
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If it still doesn't work, just add xorg.conf -hal to your package.use |
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file/directory and re-emerge xorg. If you use KDE, you may have to |
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leave the hal USE flag turned on for everything else. If you don't use |
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KDE, you may can disable it system wide. I only use KDE here so I'm not |
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sure if other destops use hal or not. Now if you are brave and know |
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that xml stuff, you can always jump in with both feet and try to figure |
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out the hal config files. Good luck on that. LOL |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |