nightmorph 09/12/31 01:37:02 Modified: xorg-config.xml Log: Add information about (re)starting hald, per an email from Janne Mäntylä
Revision Changes Path 1.35 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.35&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?r1=1.34&r2=1.35 Index: xorg-config.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- xorg-config.xml 17 Dec 2009 04:41:24 -0000 1.34 +++ xorg-config.xml 31 Dec 2009 01:37:01 -0000 1.35 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.34 2009/12/17 04:41:24 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,v 1.35 2009/12/31 01:37:01 nightmorph Exp $ --> <guide> <title>The X Server Configuration HOWTO</title> @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.24</version> -<date>2009-12-16</date> +<version>1.25</version> +<date>2009-12-30</date> <chapter> <title>What is the X Window Server?</title> @@ -213,19 +213,32 @@ # <i>source /etc/profile</i> </pre> +<p> +Now it's time to start the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) daemon and set it to +automatically start each time you boot. This is necessary to get a working X +environment, otherwise your input devices won't be detected and you'll probably +just get a blank screen. We'll cover HAL more in the <uri +link="#using_hal">next section</uri>. +</p> + +<pre caption="Starting HAL"> +# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i> +# <i>rc-update add hald default</i> +</pre> + </body> </section> </chapter> <chapter> <title>Configuring Xorg</title> -<section> +<section id="using_hal"> <title>Using HAL</title> <body> <p> Recent X server versions are designed to work out-of-the-box, with no need to -manually configure Xorg's configuration files. +manually edit Xorg's configuration files. </p> <p> @@ -274,6 +287,11 @@ <path>/etc/hal/fdi/policy/</path>. </p> +<impo> +Remember, <e>every</e> time you finish making changes to HAL policy files, you +need to restart the HAL daemon by running <c>/etc/init.d/hald restart</c>. +</impo> + <p> You can edit the policy files in <path>/etc/hal/fdi/policy</path> to your liking. You may want to make a few tweaks or to expose additional @@ -310,6 +328,11 @@ </pre> <p> +Once you're done, run <c>/etc/init.d/hald restart</c> so that HAL picks up your +changes. +</p> + +<p> There, now you have a handy way of killing an unresponsive X server. This is useful when programs have frozen your display entirely, or when configuring and tweaking your Xorg environment. Be careful when killing your desktop with this
