From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 15 23:51:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF6121065674 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 23:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81BDB8FC17 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 23:51:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhj8 with SMTP id hj8so2882848wib.13 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 16:51:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ZexotHBHQpXlyPla+0iyIC4r4MNfgxOk0hzIhEoE/As=; b=PD99c9QBv98n1yUi7dFN/bXLBfiNRjHybBBLonJThpQyJ9c0w1TK06eR0qik+sDOAQ vNG6W2kZC7Vfb0uhvxlTAJ1/qZTXd8HAiafpTUTeRVbuXQGsv6ydRqzwqqwDoSEx9jED kkhGDiW6eVbth6XFki8TY6w/C895oxqm2Up/gYM8CTJ3CywdMIeoUhEvv+7F2JFts55J tVu+8ihUD5mK0QEodrBCJKJZ05DLS0ivQ0rZUXlu/Q9swybsKFZNjpzDNEOIFAr+Yjh/ XIVtediehCAns63ILIDdOeNdSuH0grOzuIwUeUX2YKMarOiS9fNGJNg0eUt67JtzKSkP djyQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.8.69 with SMTP id p5mr34823707wia.17.1337125912046; Tue, 15 May 2012 16:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.155.80 with HTTP; Tue, 15 May 2012 16:51:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:51:51 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kevin Oberman To: Tom Evans Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd mouse issue with new xorg-server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 23:51:59 -0000 On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Tom Evans wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> I hit a weird one with the new xorg-server. I have previously been >> running the xorg-devel from about 4or 5 months ago, so it's something >> that has happened since then. >> > > This is just a 'me too'. In my case, it seems like restarting hald > allows X to start up and find the mouse. Full details and logs in the > "Strange keyboard/hald issues after upgrading to 9-STABLE and latest > ports" thread. > > I see the current solutions suggest to disable hald, either by > completely disabling it from X, or by "AutoAddDevices off". In my > case, these are not solutions, as I rely on hald noticing when new > keyboards and mice are added to the computer and making them available > to X - I often dock and undock my laptop, the dock has two keyboards > and two mice attached to it. > > I also don't fully understand what the problem is either. Earlier > versions of hald/Xorg were capable of finding my mouse every single > time they started up. These new versions do not seem fit for use. Out of curiosity, does the mouse show up in lshal(1) output before you restart hald? Is there a difference after the restart? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com