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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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