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

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

pk wrote:
> Dale 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.
>>     
>
> You might be glad to know that HAL is going away then.
>
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/devkit-devel/2009-April/000140.html
>
> ... I know I am... :-)
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter K
>
>
>   

That sounds great to me.  I hope it will be easier for everybody than
this hal, evdev thing. 

I notice there is something devkit in portage already.  I wonder if they
are already working on it?  I hope so.

Dale

:-)  :-)