[arch-general] xf86-input-evdev conflicts with xorg-server. Remove xorg-server?

Jan de Groot jan at jgc.homeip.net
Tue Dec 1 17:54:11 EST 2009


On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 19:45 +0100, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> nope. The hal crap has been added to X a while ago as "optional" 
> (meaning X would just freeze without it, but at least pretend to
> start) 
> , but the forced dependency is new (as in, it doesnt start when
> compiled 
> with hal, but no hal present).
> The difference is that previously you could get get away with a hack
> in 
> xorg.conf without having to rebuild xorg without --enable-config-hal 

Looks like nobody ever reads documentation. Read the freaking wiki link
posted when upgrading/installing xorg-server and you'll know you can
disable hal interaction from xorg.conf with one single option. Is it
that hard?



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