Re: [gentoo-user] Forcing X.org video driver without xorg.config

[Black Napalm]

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> wrote:
> On 4/5/2010 7:37 AM, Black Napalm wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am trying to set up X.org and the Gentoo X Server configuration
>> HOWTO says that HAL should be used and that xorg.conf should only be
>> used as a last resort. However, when running X without a configuration
>> file, it autodetects the video card and tries to load the wrong
>> drivers, which I haven't installed, and therefore fails.
>> Is there a way to force X to use a specific driver without using a
>> configuration file? I am not really familiar with HAL, but it seems as
>> though none of the provided policies have anything to do with video
>> cards.
>
> 1. Dale, preemptive shush.
>
> 2. HAL is going away, so I'd suggest you just ignore everything the
> HOWTO says about it and use the previous method of defining everything
> in xorg.conf.
>
> 3. If you want to keep HAL: the HOWTO isn't really referring to your
> video hardware when it says not to use a configuration file.  It's
> mostly talking about your input devices and other hardware.  If X isn't
> auto-detecting your hardware properly, adding configuration sections to
> xorg.conf is still correct.
>
>

Thanks for the advice! I will then gladly define it in xorg.conf, maybe even
remove HAL.