From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MPiIj-0000Dj-Sr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:32:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4BDE4E0069; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f191.google.com (mail-yx0-f191.google.com [209.85.210.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F32AE0069 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe29 with SMTP id 29so2487753yxe.32 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:31:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=igDXXy+b2a1VTMZJYajFyGB23KtdCfECzAKSSvICunk=; b=sZzWprbSweHl36XsWbNyXbc27a29NbVZApXTv7riCa4OxYCwDuekAKmDnOYdwpk0OP tWdURqN86OVS0lctdNNG1Ilhzt1y5ux/SLOP1zlZyjKHfr1t6KPEg+4d2snJRotVOI4h yk+6/jxhC8L9E3axAammlAkooD3BO8/9VJJ+M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vxZIGfu7Uc2yTTtf7ZikQyQMkffKWbKOfWlMOxX5V9ZMIhbl16Wemj48CI1vF2C6Rs GjCeChXdVrHE42RxUJmtrBYX9Z1mKQGvqxjWaULLnC5KcrFcdTQYZvVGvLnosurQ/vS2 t5P2KUdyyOnCehGLV8XAt9VSBukuiDFLulZfQ= Received: by 10.100.247.4 with SMTP id u4mr4709545anh.9.1247340719924; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:31:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?64.89.169.152? (r169h152.dixie-net.com [64.89.169.152]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d24sm876532and.6.2009.07.11.12.31.57 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:31:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A58E8AB.3070301@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:31:55 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090628 SeaMonkey/1.1.17 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev. References: <4A5768A4.2020609@gmail.com> <4A587AED.6070602@coolmail.se> In-Reply-To: <4A587AED.6070602@coolmail.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1afc3916-8608-4f61-82d7-b2ed1df590bb X-Archives-Hash: cb67f0d66a971f50ae7b18f10e3ccc46 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 :-) :-)