Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-05 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170402-20:52+0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: ... > xorg.conf. Instead, I have an xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf file: > >https://pastebin.com/raw/0GsxaFRj > Why not add those 30-something lines in an attachment, or straight into the body of the message? The paste don't last really, and then when

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-04 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:45:07 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Until I do >> that, I won't know if I need a xorg file or just a couple files in >> xorg.conf.d or something else. That also is not to mention that I have >> no idea what needs to go into those new files at this time, if

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:45:07 -0500, Dale wrote: > Until I do > that, I won't know if I need a xorg file or just a couple files in > xorg.conf.d or something else. That also is not to mention that I have > no idea what needs to go into those new files at this time, if anything > is needed. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-04 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 04/02/2017 07:35 AM, Dale wrote: >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> On 04/02/2017 06:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: My best guess is that the problem was due to a recent update to x11-base/xorg-server On both my systems it now requires USE="glamor". This may

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 22:27:57 +0200 (CEST), k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > I have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/mouse.conf file. I use it to set the > > default acceleration profile. In your case, you should be able to > > delete your xorg.conf and instead just use this in mouse.conf: > > > >Section

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-04 Thread karl
Nikos: > On 04/04/2017 12:11 AM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Walter Dnes: > > ... > >> This state of affairs seems to have evolved slowly. There wasn't one > >> version where it worked for nobody, immediately followed by the next > >> version that worked for everybody. Years ago, X would not

[gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-04 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/04/2017 12:11 AM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Walter Dnes: ... This state of affairs seems to have evolved slowly. There wasn't one version where it worked for nobody, immediately followed by the next version that worked for everybody. Years ago, X would not run without an xorg.conf file.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-03 Thread karl
Walter Dnes: ... > This state of affairs seems to have evolved slowly. There wasn't one > version where it worked for nobody, immediately followed by the next > version that worked for everybody. Years ago, X would not run without > an xorg.conf file. Then X started being able to properly

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 08:52:57PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote > If you don't *need* an xorg.conf (and you don't, otherwise you'd know > :-P) then it's best to not have one. This state of affairs seems to have evolved slowly. There wasn't one version where it worked for nobody,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-02 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 04/02/2017 12:18 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:35:59 -0500, Dale wrote: >> You do sometimes need some custom settings though. This goes in seperate *.conf files now, which must be inside the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Some

[gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/02/2017 07:35 AM, Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 04/02/2017 06:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: My best guess is that the problem was due to a recent update to x11-base/xorg-server On both my systems it now requires USE="glamor". This may require changes to xorg.conf. On my main

[gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/02/2017 12:18 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:35:59 -0500, Dale wrote: You do sometimes need some custom settings though. This goes in seperate *.conf files now, which must be inside the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Some packages can place a config file there

[gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-02 Thread Jonathan Callen
On 04/02/2017 09:40 AM, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:35:59 -0500, Dale wrote: >> You do sometimes need some custom settings though. This goes in seperate *.conf files now, which must be inside the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Some packages can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-02 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:35:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> You do sometimes need some custom settings though. This goes in >>> seperate *.conf files now, which must be inside the >>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Some packages can place a config file >>> there automatically. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:35:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > > You do sometimes need some custom settings though. This goes in > > seperate *.conf files now, which must be inside the > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Some packages can place a config file > > there automatically. Packages shouldn't do

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-01 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 04/02/2017 06:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> My best guess is that the problem was due to a recent update to >> x11-base/xorg-server On both my systems it now requires USE="glamor". >> This may require changes to xorg.conf. On my main desktop, with no >> xorg.conf,

[gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

2017-04-01 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/02/2017 06:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: My best guess is that the problem was due to a recent update to x11-base/xorg-server On both my systems it now requires USE="glamor". This may require changes to xorg.conf. On my main desktop, with no xorg.conf, X does the detection and