On 4/5/2010 7:37 AM, Black Napalm wrote: > Hello! > > I am trying to set up X.org and the Gentoo X Server configuration > HOWTO says that HAL should be used and that xorg.conf should only be > used as a last resort. However, when running X without a configuration > file, it autodetects the video card and tries to load the wrong > drivers, which I haven't installed, and therefore fails. > Is there a way to force X to use a specific driver without using a > configuration file? I am not really familiar with HAL, but it seems as > though none of the provided policies have anything to do with video > cards.
1. Dale, preemptive shush. 2. HAL is going away, so I'd suggest you just ignore everything the HOWTO says about it and use the previous method of defining everything in xorg.conf. 3. If you want to keep HAL: the HOWTO isn't really referring to your video hardware when it says not to use a configuration file. It's mostly talking about your input devices and other hardware. If X isn't auto-detecting your hardware properly, adding configuration sections to xorg.conf is still correct.
