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vbcasimir

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Registered: 2010-05-11

Posts: 2

problem to install xorg

Hi

I install xorg as the document find in this link

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … aller_Xorg

the version xorg server is 1.7.

I tried config xorg without install hal is it possible ? I ask this question because when I run "startx" the keyboard and mouse not run.

When I install hal and run it if I run startx I can move mouse and keybord is ok

Can I configure xorg without hal start ?

think

Labello

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From: Germany

Registered: 2010-01-21

Posts: 317

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Re: problem to install xorg

i think only xorg >= 1.8 supports hardware detection without hal. but i could be wrong.

either you use hal, or you enable the testing repo where you can find xorg 1.8

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: problem to install xorg

You can also disable input hotplugging in xorg 1.7, and configure your devices in xorg.conf  - hal does not need to be running for this, but it does need to be installed, as you will have already noticed. Details on the xorg wiki page.

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: problem to install xorg

note that using a newer version of xorg that doesn't rely on hal, doesn't mean that you should stop starting hal. Other software thay you may use still rely on it.

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