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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD9 - I can't get my mouse to work
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Erich wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 06 June 2012 6:37:43 Warren Block wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, Erich wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have had success on my hardware with this setting:
>>>
>>> #               The working configuration. The mouse daemon in /etc/rc.conf
>>> #               was dsabled.
>>> #
>>> #               Section "ServerLayout"
>>> #                       Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>>> #                       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>>> #                       InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>> #                       InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>> #               EndSection
>>> #
>>> #               Section "ServerFlags"
>>> #                       Option  "AllowEmptyInput"       "false"
>>
>> Please don't do that: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
>>
>>> #                       Option  "AutoAddDevices"        "false"
>>
>> This is the right way to disable HAL input device detection.
>
> Is this really without function now? I could not get X running on the machine I used without using it.

AEI is not without function, it's just usually not the function desired. 
AutoAddDevices Off is all that's needed to prevent xorg-server from 
using HAL for input device detection.  So far, I have not found a 
situation where AEI Off is still required, and more than a few where it 
causes problems.

Better yet is to rebuild xorg-server with the HAL option disabled.  For 
example, xfce does not require or benefit from HAL.  Other software may 
still need it.

> My standard practise is to use an empty xorg.conf when installing a fresh X. I add then these lines when X does not work.

Fair enough.  Just leave out the AEI line.