From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 3 15:12:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38DC6C89 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x22c.google.com (mail-ob0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED02D74D for ; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbec2 with SMTP id ec2so173548688obb.3 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:12:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=cxA9J0XUjRTUEExmSgbmonebji7eDPu10+9duzscx/4=; b=P3GHFToq1CX3/ccYfEj+nel36XwvuOKXXy5aWM+59QoUGDqs+6e/qUfglQjmouiCPr uVfECoGuNcT8S/mn53QbwqD9lvHNBw5722HfE+GtJaWRFSgtxgek7Pic+JR8eM3VKzxb d54iNwCo8SoB2G7ll+TvfxHu9CCSxo/13tXryqwTBaUNPTUCxQLq/n8GHY2RfWNa7VAi 70+wDg7YsLKnnwhUY1oWaObv2AXhdAYUZV3NDtS1/6rHKmf1MB5QW2HNSy3qNryb7RGk 6IgtaE4M6f2NFx2bq2QcZWblgCndwKEiULeIyCJNAUe5wak84jOqzCwMeOpe0vDQDYkt 4NhQ== X-Received: by 10.182.28.163 with SMTP id c3mr3513668obh.32.1428073958257; Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:12:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.202.106.78 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:12:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Kaio Rafael Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 11:12:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Handbook x-config-quick-start is missing information to configure HAL and DBUS To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:12:39 -0000 Sure, xorg does not use it, but Gnome does https://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html I am gnome user 2015-04-03 11:07 GMT-04:00 Warren Block : > On Fri, 3 Apr 2015, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 Apr 2015, Kaio Rafael wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am following Chapter 6. The X Window System [1] to install Xorg into my >>> box. >>> >>> I have installed the xorg package with "pkg install xorg" as the >>> handbook explains, but HAL service procedure is giving error: >>> >>> ' >>> service hald start >>> hald does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup >>> directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d) >>> ' >>> >>> I believe you should add a note for those users that install binary >>> xorg (using pkg) should also add 'HAL' using 'pkg' >> >> >> I believe that HAL is no longer strictly needed for a functional X >> desktop, these days, so a different edit to the handbook may be more >> appropriate. > > > Yes. xorg-server does not use HAL by default any more. I'm tempted to just > remove the HAL/DBUS part of the quick start. Really, the whole Xorg > installation section needs a rewrite. I have an outline for that, but not > the motivation. -- Kaio Rafael, http://twitter.com/kaiux