Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:19:44 +0200, alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > I have the weird habit to trust portage, as it works great 99.9% of the > time (is that a bug ?). I usually don't read elogs as I usually don't > need it. If you trust portage you should read and follow the the advice it gives

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 08 October 2009 11:19:44 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > Selon Alan McKinnon : > > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 06:34:06 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > > > Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling > > > all X11 drivers used, and most notably xf86-inpu

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-08 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Alan McKinnon : > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 06:34:06 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > > Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling all > > X11 drivers used, and most notably xf86-input-keyboard & xf86-input-mouse. > > I still think that any package update t

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 07 October 2009 19:07:36 bn wrote: > Alan McKinnon ha scritto: > > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 06:34:06 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > >> Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling > >> all X11 drivers used, and most notably xf86-input-keyboard & > >> x

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-07 Thread bn
Alan McKinnon ha scritto: > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 06:34:06 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: >> Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling all >> X11 drivers used, and most notably xf86-input-keyboard & xf86-input-mouse. >> I still think that any package update t

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 07 October 2009 06:34:06 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling all > X11 drivers used, and most notably xf86-input-keyboard & xf86-input-mouse. > I still think that any package update that breaks a working config wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-06 Thread Dale
alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > > Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling all > X11 > drivers used, and most notably xf86-input-keyboard & xf86-input-mouse. > I still think that any package update that breaks a working config without any > specific doc IS A BUG. T

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

2009-10-06 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Florian Philipp : > alain.didierj...@free.fr schrieb: > > Definitly, an update shouldn't break an existing working configuration! > This > > happens these days only too often with the Xorg + hal mess. > > I happen to use linux as a working tool and 3 days without being able to > launch > > a

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess

2009-10-06 Thread Florian Philipp
Kevin O'Gorman schrieb: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Florian Philipp > mailto:li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net>> wrote: > > alain.didierj...@free.fr schrieb: > > Definitly, an update shouldn't break an existing working > configuration! This > > h

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess

2009-10-06 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Florian Philipp < li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net> wrote: > alain.didierj...@free.fr schrieb: > > Definitly, an update shouldn't break an existing working configuration! > This > > happens these days only too often with the Xorg + hal mess. > > I happen to use linux a

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess

2009-10-06 Thread Florian Philipp
alain.didierj...@free.fr schrieb: > Definitly, an update shouldn't break an existing working configuration! This > happens these days only too often with the Xorg + hal mess. > I happen to use linux as a working tool and 3 days without being able to > launch > a working X is a source of problems!

Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess

2009-10-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:35:44 +0200, alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > Where is that b. AllowEmptyOption ? certainly not in xorg.conf. An option not appearing in xorg.cong doesn't mean it is not in use, only that the default is used. Try man xorg.conf. > (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (m