Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 4/13/2009 12:55 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> There's a lot of us voting ++++++++++++1 today I think. >>>> >>>> How do things like this go stable when they aren't stable, tested and >>>> not causing problems. (rhetorical...) >>> >>> I must be lucky because I've been using it since it hit ~amd64 and >>> using the HAL/fdi way and it works fine for me. :) >> >> Same here. All is working perfectly (or almost perfectly; see crappy ATI >> Catalyst drivers) for months. Linux is getting better and the X.Org >> updates are playing a major part. > > I've never had any problems with HAL or the new X that I didn't cause > myself. (e.g. enabling modesetting in the kernel by accident, blindly > copying FDI files from the intarwebs without noticing that the hal > package already included then, completely failing to read the > update-your-drivers warning, etc). In other words, exactly the same > thing that happened to old-X when you didn't pay attention to what you > are doing, happens to new-X when you don't pay attention to what you > are doing. > > On the other hand, for the first time since I started putting Linux on > my laptops, I have (with zero effort on my part) a working Synaptics > touchpad with actual Synaptics features AND X recognizes my > hot-plugged USB mouse. I'm up and running. I'm one of those people who doesn't have a really strong technical background - anything I've learned I've learned by "guess and by God", by reading and with the help of this list. I struggled a bit, even though I followed the "Migration to X.org server 1.5" document. I couldn't get X to start even though I recompiled the kernel and nvidia drivers. I tried not using my xorg.conf file and finally on a lark, tried running Xorg -configure, which gave me a new xorg.conf file. When I ran the command to check to see if the new xorg.conf file was going to work, I got a grey screen with an X in the middle. When I killed X, I saw an error message about my Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. So, on a whim, I rebuilt the kernel, enabling joysticks, but not specifying a joystick type. When I rebooted, x started just fine - no problems with my cordless mouse, keyboard, or touchpad and my joystick works. So, as they say, "perseverance reaps rewards".
Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
