compiling xserver without hal

[Peter Hutterer]

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 01:00:42AM -0700, Justin Mattock wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> wrote:
> > Justin Mattock wrote:
> >> quick question:
> >> if I compile xserver without hal
> >> (noticed udev 142 has no voluemid)
> >> will I be able to use the mouse and keyboard
> >> (and wireless mouse)
> >> once I startx?
> >>
> >> if so, what switches do I need to make sure are set
> >> before I compile the xserver?
> >
> > I build xorg-server without HAL. The two options that are relevant (as
> > far as I can tell) to this are
> >     --disable-config-dbus
> >     --disable-config-hal
> > In addition, when running this xorg-server, you will need to configure
> > the input devices in your xorg.conf.

no you don't. the server inserts standard input device sections into the
xorg.conf, so there's rarely a need to actually have that in the config.

> so far all xlibs, video modules, xserver
> and dependencies have compiled fine
> without hal(hopefully later on, the same story)

only the xserver module requires hal, nothing else.
 
Cheers,
  Peter