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   '''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-drivers xorg-server

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	'''$''' sudo env-update && source /etc/profile		'''$''' sudo env-update && source /etc/profile
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−	~~Start HAL and configure it to start when the system starts up.~~
−	~~'''$''' sudo /etc/init.d/hald start~~
−	~~'''$''' sudo rc-update add hald default~~
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−	~~There are 2 policy configuration files that need to be set for HAL to work properly.~~
−	~~'''$''' sudo cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-input-policy.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy~~
−	~~'''$''' sudo cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy~~

	In a perfect world, X will work without any configuration settings. Sadly the world isn't often perfect, so you may need to edit your ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file manually.		In a perfect world, X will work without any configuration settings. Sadly the world isn't often perfect, so you may need to edit your ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file manually.

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	The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.		The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.

−	'''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-~~x11~~	+	'''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-server xterm xclock twm

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	The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.		The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.

−	'''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-~~server~~	+	'''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-x11

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	The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.		The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.

−	'''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-server ~~eselect~~	+	'''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-server

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 '''Note:''' at this point, xorg will pull in the video drivers for whatever you have specified for the VIDEO_CARDS value in your ''/etc/make.conf''. If you are electing to use the nvidia closed-source drivers, be sure to build them with the '''gtk''' USE flag in order to install a useful graphical driver settings utility.
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   '''$''' sudo /etc/init.d/hald start
   '''$''' sudo rc-update add hald default
 In a perfect world, X will work without any configuration settings. Sadly the world isn't often perfect, so you may need to edit your ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file manually.

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   '''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-server eselect
-There shold be a lot of packages that get installed with X, so feel free to go have a coffee. After the emerge has finished, we now need to configure xorg. First, lets update our environment.
   '''$''' sudo env-update && source /etc/profile

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-The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager.
+The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. Before doing this emerge, make sure the '''hal''' USE flag has been set in your ''/etc/make.conf''. New versions of X will use udev for hardware detection, but at this time these versions and their dependencies are still masked in portage.
   '''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-server eselect
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   '''$''' sudo env-update && source /etc/profile
-Now lets create our xorg.conf file.
+Start HAL and configure it to start when the system starts up.
- '''$''' sudo Xorg -configure
+In a perfect world, X will work without any configuration settings. Sadly the world isn't often perfect, so you may need to edit your ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file manually.
-follow the questions you are asked to generate a default xorg.conf. You can edit
+ '''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf
-the generated file if you wish
+=== /etc/X11/xorg.conf ===
-  '''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf
+  ###################################################