On 04/13/2010 01:34 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
Saw this message from an emerge today:
* Messages for package x11-base/xorg-server-1.8.0:
* Usage of hal is strongly discouraged. Please migrate to udev.
* From next major release on the hal support will be fully disabled.
* Both hal and udev flags are enabled.
* Enabling only udev!
Well, truthfully, I don't have anything useful to add. I just wanted
to reply before Dale does :p
I updated my ~amd64 machine this morning while simultaneously switching
to the nouveau nVidia driver and had no problems -- quite a shock for me.
I disabled the hal useflag only for xorg-server just to be cautious, and
the only error message I see in my Xorg log is a complaint that no input
driver could be detected for the mouse -- and then udev proceeded to find
and use the mouse perfectly. Dunno what that error message is about.
I see in a different thread that Volker says xorg-server-1.8 is not ready
for Prime Time where drivers are concerned. I may try downgrading back
to 1.7.nn tomorrow if I have some spare time.
