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Date:      Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:59:56 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Garrett Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org>, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r278249 - head/etc/rc.d
Message-ID:  <2710446.umAevmagdU@ralph.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <54D3E4C7.5070803@selasky.org>
References:  <201502051138.t15BcUlj070663@svn.freebsd.org> <22331387.X8ihv2sqVO@ralph.baldwin.cx> <54D3E4C7.5070803@selasky.org>

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On Thursday, February 05, 2015 10:46:47 PM Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> On 02/05/15 22:39, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 05, 2015 12:51:41 PM Garrett Cooper wrote:
> >> On Feb 5, 2015, at 5:04, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, February 05, 2015 11:38:30 AM Garrett Cooper wrote:
> >>>> Author: ngie
> >>>> Date: Thu Feb  5 11:38:29 2015
> >>>> New Revision: 278249
> >>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/278249
> >>>> 
> >>>> Log:
> >>>>   Honor the following flags with the following rc.d scripts for
> >>>>   services
> >>>> 
> >>>> that can be easily decoupled from the boot process without disrupting
> >>>> other
> >>>> services
> >>>> 
> >>>>   - MK_APM && MK_ACPI: powerd
> >>>>   - MK_BOOTPARAMD: bootparams
> >>>>   - MK_FTP: ftpd
> >>>>   - MK_INETD: inetd
> >>>>   - MK_LEGACY_CONSOLE: moused, syscons
> >>> 
> >>> I'm using moused with vt(4).  It is not syscons-specific.
> >> 
> >> Unfortunately it is LEGACY_CONSOLE specific right now:
> >> 
> >> 183242        sam # XXX MK_SYSCONS
> >> 183242        sam .if ${MK_LEGACY_CONSOLE} != "no"
> >> 212525        imp SUBDIR+=      kbdcontrol
> >> 212525        imp SUBDIR+=      kbdmap
> >> 212525        imp SUBDIR+=      moused
> >> 212525        imp SUBDIR+=      vidcontrol
> >> 183242        sam .endif
> >> 
> >> This will probably need to change to be inclusive of MK_VT, but I need to
> >> doublecheck the sources to make sure there aren’t any assumptions lurking
> >> in moused that explicitly require syscons in order to function...
> > 
> > Eh, which part of "I'm running moused for a trackpad on my Thinkpad that I
> > use with vt(4) both in and out of X" doesn't == "it works with vt(4), not
> > just sc(4)"?  :)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here is patch to make X work without moused among other stuff:
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196678

I _like_ moused.  I can hotplug USB mice while in X and it works just fine 
(works fine on the console as well).  Has worked for over a decade (whereas 
hal can't seem to tie its own shoes much less properly deal with hotplug).

-- 
John Baldwin



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