>>>> Can anyone confirm that as users we should be moving away from hal? >>> >>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml >>> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/XorgHAL >> >> OK, and since xorg-server-1.7 doesn't have a udev USE flag, I should >> probably stick with hal until 1.8. Please let me know if that isn't >> the case. I'm on udev-149. > > If HAL is working for you, stick with it. If not, turn it off. Xorg > 1.7 works equally well with or without HAL. The main difference is how > much manually configuration you need to do. > > The relative stability of using/not using udev with Xorg 1.8 have yet to > determined.
Could switching to udev from hal fix my brightness adjustment keys? - Grant
