On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 01:07:32AM +0100, Martin Ward wrote: > Around x.org server 1.4/1.5 ??, the pci detection was removed from > the server itself and put into a separate library, libpciacess which > relies on pciutils i believe for pci ids.
I installed libpciaccess as part of the Xorg build but I had no pciutils. I've now installed pciutils-3.0.3 and run update-pciids but "X -configure" still creates an identical xorg.conf.new . Should I rebuild libpciaccess? > 2. Nope you don't have to install xf86-input-evdev driver, you can still > use the old "legacy" keyboard and mouse driver but you need the > following in your xorg.conf > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "DontZap" "0" //allows you to kill the > server with ctrl-alt-bkspace > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "0" // allows the legacy keyboard > and mouse drivers to be used > Option "AutoAddDevices" "0" // stops devices being added > from hal events > Option "AutoEnableDevices" "0" // allows policy setting for the > hal events > EndSection I've added these but it still blackscreens. At least ctrl-alt-bkspace works now! > 3 if you want to use evdev, yep you have to enable it in the kernel, > and then set up udev/dbus/hal and policykit/console kit correctly > which is another kettle of fish, so that the x server can respond > when you say plug in graphics tablet Yuk! I'll postpone doing this if at all possible. Regards, Jeremy Henty -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
