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

[James Ausmus]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:

> 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.
>


Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf
files?

Thanks!

-James



>
> 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
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>