Xorg on 5.4 - Any tricks?

Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET ml at t-b-o-h.net
Mon Dec 31 07:42:13 PST 2007


> 
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 09:17:02AM -0500, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 	I wondered if anyone came up with any tricks to running
> > Xorg on 5.4
> > 
> > 	Xorg needs hal
> > 	hal needs 5.5-RELEASE or later
> > 	My laptop won't boot anything past 5.4 (Toshiba 2805-S301)
> > 
> 
> No, Xorg does not need hal (although the default is for Xorg to use hal.)
> If you install Xorg via ports you can disable the hal dependency.
> 
	I am trying via (cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg;make install).

	Is there some individual port I need to install by itself so it
doesn't default to hal?

		Thanks, Tuc


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