From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 05:32:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9554B1065673 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C83D8FC12 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.2.65] (c-71-56-39-94.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [71.56.39.94]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0Q5VOwD034269 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:31:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Wes Morgan In-Reply-To: References: <1232940300.1973.16.camel@wombat.2hip.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-BVgzkTy3O17ZU7CqxaNm" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:32:01 -0500 Message-Id: <1232947921.1755.2.camel@wombat.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE, RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An upgrade to xorg-server-1.5.3_1,1/libxcb-1.1.93 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:32:13 -0000 --=-BVgzkTy3O17ZU7CqxaNm Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 22:12 -0600, Wes Morgan wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Robert Noland wrote: >=20 > > On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 21:54 -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote: >=20 > > Xorg is moving more in that direction... Using hal for device > > configuration is now the default. However, you can still statically > > configure devices. See xorg.conf(5), AllowEmptyInput, AutoAddDevices, > > AutoEnableDevices. > > > > So, yes you can still configure it without HAL support, it just isn't > > the preferred method. > > >=20 > I've been avoiding HAL like the plague as well. It frobs my ath wireless=20 > card when it tries to probe it.=20 This issue should be resolved in -CURRENT. It was actually a kernel issue that I whined about until it got fixed. running dumpcis on a running card produced the same issue. > Disabling it works, but KDE runs like=20 > garbage with hal running, and I get zombie processes of=20 > "hal-storage-cleanup--all-mountpoints" when I try to shut it down... In=20 > short, I avoid it wherever possible! I don't run kde, so no help there.. robert. --=-BVgzkTy3O17ZU7CqxaNm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkl9StEACgkQM4TrQ4qfROOaogCfUMoHw2sUvjl9SnRKL0/kxTZ6 zO4AnjGD6agy9HT4/bvuBvocCeGfEmvq =78Yl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-BVgzkTy3O17ZU7CqxaNm--