[gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

[Dale]

Hi folks.

Word of warning.  I been upset before, I have even been mad before,
right now, I'm pissed.  This is not normal for me but it is what it is.

I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on.  Let's just say it was
a nightmare, AGAIN.  I want my old way back to say it lightly.  I put
-hal in package.use for xorg-server.  I put my old xorg.conf file back
as well.  I re-emerged the keyboard, mouse, video and evdev just in case
it mattered.  I also re-emerged xorg-server.  My problem you ask.  The
nvidia drivers won't load.  It defaults to the nv drivers.  No splash
screen anymore.  Also, my mouse wheel doesn't work anymore either.  That
really set me off.  I use my wheel as much as I use the left button.

Info alert:

> root@smoker / # emerge --info
> Portage 2.2_rc33 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2,
> glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.25-gentoo-r9 i686)
> =================================================================
> System uname:
> Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r9-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_XP_2500+-with-glibc2.0
> Timestamp of tree: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:45:02 +0000
> app-shells/bash:     3.2_p39
> dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1
> dev-lang/python:     2.5.4-r3
> dev-util/cmake:      2.6.4
> sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
> sys-apps/sandbox:    1.6-r2
> sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63
> sys-devel/automake:  1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
> sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r3
> sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
> sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
> virtual/os-headers:  2.6.30
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
> CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
> CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
> /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb"
> CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d
> /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild
> /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
> CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
> DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y"
> FEATURES="buildpkg distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch preserve-libs
> protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
> GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/
> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo
> http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/
> http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/
> http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net
> http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.llarian.net/
> http://gentoo.binarycompass.org http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo
> http://mirrors.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo
> http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/
> http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/
> http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/
> http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/
> http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/
> http://chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net/pub/linux/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/
> http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://www.cyberuse.com/gentoo/ "
> LANG="en_US"
> LC_ALL="en_US.utf8"
> LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
> LINGUAS="en_US en"
> MAKEOPTS="-j2"
> PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
> PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
> PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--timeout=600"
> PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
> --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180
> --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
> PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
> PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
> SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
> USE="3dnow X acl acpi alsa amd arts artswrappersuid automount berkdb
> bzip2 cairo cddb cdr chroot cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dri dvd
> dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo exif fam fdftk fortran gdbm gif
> gimp gkrellm gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk hal hbci htmlhandbook iconv
> ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jbig jpeg jpeg2k justify kde ldap
> libnotify libwww logrotate loop-aes mad midi mikmod mmx mng mp3 mpeg
> mplayer mudflap ncurses nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ofx ogg
> opengl openmp pam parport pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd qt3 qt3support
> qt4 quicktime readline realmedia reflection sdl seamonkey session
> spell spl sqlite sse ssl startup-notification svg sysfs syslog tcl
> tcpd tiff tk truetype unicode usb vorbis webkit win32codecs wma wmf
> wmp x86 xml xorg xv yahoo zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1"
> ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty
> extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul
> mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" CAMERAS="canon
> ptp2" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev"
> KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en_US en" SANE_BACKENDS="hp" USERLAND="GNU"
> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv"
> Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS,
> PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
>
> root@smoker / #

> root@smoker / # equery list keyboard
> [ Searching for package 'keyboard' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
> [I--] [  ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2 (0)
> [I--] [  ] x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.5 (0)
> root@smoker / # equery list mouse
> [ Searching for package 'mouse' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
> [I--] [  ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0 (0)
> root@smoker / # equery list evdev
> [ Searching for package 'evdev' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
> [I--] [  ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.1.3 (0)
> root@smoker / # equery list nvidia-drivers
> [ Searching for package 'nvidia-drivers' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
> [I--] [  ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.18 (0)
> root@smoker / # equery list xorg-server
> [ Searching for package 'xorg-server' in all categories among: ]
>  * installed packages
> [I--] [  ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 (0)
> root@smoker / #


All those have been re-emerged since disabling the hal with package.use.

What have I missed?  Clues?  Ideas?

I'm going to go paint my roof and vent some frustration.

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)