Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:08:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: Bernhard Froehlich <decke@bluelife.at> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> Subject: Re: VirtualBox and HAL / D-Bus / PulseAudio (?) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001131556250.14723@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <055e22705d8b630023fc8056fb93c533.squirrel@webmail.itac.at> References: <hildvj$tmj$1@ger.gmane.org> <055e22705d8b630023fc8056fb93c533.squirrel@webmail.itac.at>
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Bernhard Froehlich wrote: > On Wed, January 13, 2010 10:29 pm, martinko wrote: >> Hello, >> >> As I do run D-Bus but do not run HAL nor PulseAudio on my system I'm >> wondering what are the options and consequences : >> - port option DBUS=on and rc.conf option DBUS=YES but without HAL >> - port option DBUS=off .. what do I lose ? > > You need HAL and DBus for CD/DVD Host access. Actually, HAL is not needed by VirtualBox (at least the OSE version). I just verified that the guest automatically detects a CD I put into the drive. I use WITHOUT_HAL globally in building ports. It may be needed for USB (non-OSE) support, but I am not sure. Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org
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