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On Friday 10 July 2009 17:43:44 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webb<purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > 090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> >>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>>> If all else fails: |
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> >>>> x11-base/xorg-server -hal |
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> >>> Is there any other advice? |
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> >> |
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> >> A new HAL made no difference. Sigh. |
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> > I ran into this twice, first on my frontline machine, then on the |
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> > stand-by. The solution was 'USE="-hal" emerge xorg-server', then remerge |
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> > all drivers. There was a Gentoo help doc re it, which gave this as the |
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> > simplest option. |
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> > 'evdev' is a separate matter: you need to include it in your kernel, |
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> > than you can simplify your drivers. |
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> > |
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> > HTH |
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> Evdev has been included in my kernels throughout this mess. It hasn't |
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> helped. The Gentoo doc on the upgrade was a bit scetchy about |
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> configuring HAL; now that I find that disabling HAL in xorg is the |
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> solution, I suspect that the underlying problem is HAL configuration. |
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> After all, there's nothing at all special about my mouse or keyboard. |
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> Why should we have to configure HAL manually? Since the stone ages, |
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> Linux installations have determined what keyboard we have and have set |
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> things up for us. How different can PS/2 or USB mice be? |
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> SO: if anyone succeeded with xorg and HAL, with a USA keyboard and a |
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> wheel mouse, would please tell me about their HAL config, I'd sure |
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> love to see it. |
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I run latest unstable here with a regular USA layout on a Dell XPS M1530 with |
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nvidia driver, hal and evdev. The HAL config is empty apart from a policy file |
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for a touch pad, and it's a dual-screen setup. Here's my xorg.conf: |
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# egrep -v '^$|^#' /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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Section "ServerLayout" |
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Identifier "Layout0" |
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Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 |
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EndSection |
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Section "Files" |
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EndSection |
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Section "Module" |
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Load "dbe" |
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Load "extmod" |
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Load "glx" |
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EndSection |
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Section "ServerFlags" |
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Option "Xinerama" "0" |
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EndSection |
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Section "Monitor" |
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# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid |
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Identifier "Monitor0" |
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VendorName "Unknown" |
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ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster" |
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HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 |
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VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 |
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Option "DPMS" |
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EndSection |
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Section "Device" |
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Identifier "Device0" |
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Driver "nvidia" |
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VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" |
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BoardName "GeForce 8600M GT" |
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EndSection |
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Section "Screen" |
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Identifier "Screen0" |
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Device "Device0" |
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Monitor "Monitor0" |
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DefaultDepth 24 |
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Option "NoLogo" "True" |
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Option "TwinView" "1" |
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Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0" |
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Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select @1440x900 +1920+0, |
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DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0" |
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SubSection "Display" |
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Depth 24 |
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EndSubSection |
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EndSection |
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It all JustWorks for me, I assume in my case at least it's working as |
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designed. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |