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 1NOGbx-0005q6-F1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:18:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E2F1E0ABC for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:18:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f215.google.com (mail-bw0-f215.google.com [209.85.218.215]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695C9E0777 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so6311148bwz.26 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:04 -0800 (PST) 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=DOk17ENziFfk5+js4hWJSjMVtNRuoSjYRi2VBo8UAgU=; b=hcHRBRjoyf9BHKRBblc/C3boopJD8UIKoyfQEawVvOPAj1t8qEi5FxIAOQ1lEDNdoF zJpWWxk6uJA9xl2jzcv1Ex/Gtc6uKtuUQd3v9GiM0gUFOmgBMSIMYnE2fXdjNROPNsQO tcOZIhsXsDZiu8jgJigulFiXAxiwOn2GOd6ak= 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=bzG9cMTQgfOO8AnvDKbgS8a6WYH0LfAYVvsrVbucizHpdJxiGire8H0aS3rEGRX7A8 sGDckHpyEvG0L3pydfZ4eYxAcLZg4g1yC7DtuhHm9niYHnJznFT09oj8HLwEXPbW35BW cXRkMdSResQZioG/VoZDzhBVe0zIDebOvuvzk= Received: by 10.204.8.26 with SMTP id f26mr1412222bkf.66.1261768624644; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.104? (net-93-147-120-172.t2.dsl.vodafone.it [93.147.120.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm2750944bwz.9.2009.12.25.11.17.01 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B351E81.5060503@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:20:17 +0000 From: bn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091224) 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 users Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: The Great Macbook Update 2: How to brace for xorg References: <4B34CAA2.9000000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B34CAA2.9000000@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4086acdd-76f8-477e-8bc4-03a138af76ee X-Archives-Hash: 6c3469429d4c10638a3ac1189f78030a bn ha scritto: > Hi, > > Second thread of help with my Macbook upgrade of essentials which I > don't upgrade since a long time. > > Now I have to prepare to jump from xorg-1.3 to xorg-1.6. I've seen > already there are a lot of horror stories in the mailing list and a lot > of weird instructions about hal, evdev etc. > > Before starting, I have some pre-emptive question: > - Is using hal for xorg necessary? > - If I want xorg to use the same old config files of before, is it > enough to compile with -hal ? Is there a way to tell xorg "dynamically" > to use hal or not, so that I can check without recompiling but just by > restarting X? > - I have the keymap (an Italian Macbook keyboard) customized in the , so > that, for example, apple key works as Alt-Gr. To keep such > customizations on (which, I admit, I don't remember well where they are, > but maybe someone of you does! it was in the Gentoo Wiki but now I see > the relevant part is no more), is it again good to let xorg use xorg.conf? > - Anything else I should be aware of, like stuff to put into xorg.conf > before trying to restart X? Ok, I updated, and (miracolously enough) xorg 1.6 + hal/evdev mostly works! Only thing I have to put back in shape is the keyboard mapping. I have seen how to force hal policy to use the IT mapping, but I lost most customizations I needed: - key F11 mimicking the middle mouse button - apple key mimicking Alt-Gr and I don't find much information on how to do this with HAL. Any hint? (Oddly enough, one of the past customizations I had, key F12=right mouse button, still works.) Thanks, M.