Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-14 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Tino Keiteltino.keitel+x...@tikei.de wrote: Hi, as the Intel driver is very fragile recently, I want to test it in a chroot environment, and keep the stable 2.4 driver in the normal system. This implies that I also keep an old version of the X server in the

Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-14 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 01:35:19PM +0200, Maarten Maathuis wrote: They can never be replaced by evdev, because evdev is linux-only. But yes, evdev is often used on linux platforms, but it does need a working hal. HAL and evdev are independent. HAL is a replacement for xorg.conf and most

Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-13 Thread Tino Keitel
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:17:56 +0800, Li, Yan wrote: [...] Have you tried X -configure to generate a usable xorg.conf (inside chroot). And if necessary, adding your own Keyboard and Mouse section like this: Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver

Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-13 Thread Maarten Maathuis
They can never be replaced by evdev, because evdev is linux-only. But yes, evdev is often used on linux platforms, but it does need a working hal. Maarten. ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org

Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-12 Thread Tino Keitel
Hi, for the records: stopping HAL outside the chroot and starting it inside the chroot works, and now I can use X inside a chroot. Regards, Tino ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg

Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-12 Thread Li, Yan
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:54:52PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote: (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device. (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device. (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable

How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-11 Thread Tino Keitel
Hi, as the Intel driver is very fragile recently, I want to test it in a chroot environment, and keep the stable 2.4 driver in the normal system. This implies that I also keep an old version of the X server in the normal system. So I installed a chroot system. But HAL can not be used in a chroot,

Re: How to run the X xserver in a chroot environment

2009-06-11 Thread Robby Workman
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:54:52 +0200 Tino Keitel tino.keitel+x...@tikei.de wrote: Hi, as the Intel driver is very fragile recently, I want to test it in a chroot environment, and keep the stable 2.4 driver in the normal system. This implies that I also keep an old version of the X server in