Xorg-server 1.7 to 1.9 upgrade guide

Before upgrade

• Backup your /etc/X11 directory.
• Backup the old versions of xorg-server and drivers. This can be done with quickpkg.
• xorg-server supports hot plugging through the event interface so ensure the evdev driver is enabled in INPUT_DEVICES in make.conf.

Basic upgrade

1. Read and follow Gentoo's Xorg-server 1.8 Upgrade Guide
2. Read Gentoo's Xorg-server 1.9 Upgrade Guide

After upgrade

• Rebuild all drivers with new xorg-server, you may use qlist from portage-utils in order to get list of installed drivers:
  emerge -1 $(qlist -IC x11-drivers/) -av

Configuration

In order to config inputs you may use /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d instead of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. xorg.conf is optional and if you don't need any special config, you may use xorg without it.

Example config: keyboard with polish charset

Code: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf

Section "InputClass" Identifier "keyboard-all" Driver "evdev" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "pl" MatchIsKeyboard "on" EndSection