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

2009-10-08 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: 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

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 alan.mckin...@gmail.com: 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

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]

2009-10-07 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

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 that

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

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

2009-10-06 Thread alain . didierjean
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! This is the second time. As for hal config,

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

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! This

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 as 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 li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net mailto:li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote: alain.didierj...@free.fr mailto:alain.didierj...@free.fr schrieb: Definitly, an update shouldn't break an existing working

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

2009-10-06 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Florian Philipp li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net: 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

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. That