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christianpurefoy

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Registered: 2005-10-16

Posts: 136

xorg and hwd

is it necessary to install xorg if you install 'pacman -S hwd'?

... i install xorg but then install hwd and run that- so is installing xorg necessary?

thanks!
christian

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: xorg and hwd

Uhh, if you want to use a graphical interface, XOrg is definitely necessary.

(hwd does not depend on xorg. To find out about the depends, etc. of packages, use pacman -Si.)

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: xorg and hwd

you need to install xorg. Like jones said, hwd doesn't depend on xorg. hwd just generates a config for it. You don't need a config for xorg to run but its best to so you can adjust it as you need.

christianpurefoy

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Registered: 2005-10-16

Posts: 136

Re: xorg and hwd

i thought that might be the case but thought I'd best check!

thanks-o!

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

Posts: 5,000

Re: xorg and hwd

A side note regarding xorg.conf..........

If hwd is installed along with xorg, the following is used to access xorg.conf...

.....hwd -x
.....cd /etc/X11
.....nano  xorg.conf.hwd

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