From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 30 16:35:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 596381065676 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=547206e79=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2652B8FC16 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,654,1249275600"; d="scan'208";a="20912794" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 30 Oct 2009 11:06:29 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B1E794EF5E for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:06:29 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:06:29 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9B16885E83CBFACDCB477AC5@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0910300811j52e65d45idb34c3be437c59d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091029231539.65B9C10656D3@hub.freebsd.org> <370279.86430.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <6201873e0910300811j52e65d45idb34c3be437c59d3@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Effing HAL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:17 -0000 --On Friday, October 30, 2009 10:11:57 -0500 Adam Vande More wrote: > > Well that particular entry isn't necessary as noted by the next one in > UPDATING. I suppose I should have highlighted this portion of the entry - Server 1.5.3 also really wants to configure its input devices via hald. - which goes directly to the issue the OP wrote about - namely that he was caught by surprise by the fact that hald is now used for configuring devices and his old xorg.conf file would no longer work as expected. That really was my point. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson