Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:41 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update to hal 0.5.12 or later? Message-ID: <1250179001.77213.28.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <C4D6EADD-2A31-48CF-941A-1CEC8C0391B0@lassitu.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 17:31 +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse to work with hal, and > I found two issues: > > - the fdi installed by the vmmouse port has a <match> element that > won't work on FreeBSD. I have a patch that corrects that, see below. > - hal-probe-vmmouse uses hal-set-property with the --direct switch, > which hal 0.5.11 does not offer. AFAICT, there's no workaround, since > normal communiation with hald is not possible while it's starting up. > This means that the X11 driver property will remain set to "mouse" > instead of "vmmouse", prefering the standard driver over the VMware one. > > Are there plans to update hal to 0.5.12 or newer anytime soon, or > should I try to come up with a patch? Hal has been updated to 0.5.13 in the MarcusCom CVS repository pending the release of GNOME 2.28 in September. You can preview this by going to http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi . Joe > > Please keep me CCed, as I'm not subscribed to freebsd-gnome. > > > Thanks, > Stefan > > --- fdi/11-x11-vmmouse.fdi 2008-12-16 23:41:13.000000000 +0100 > +++ /usr/local/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-vmmouse.fdi > 2009-08-13 16:00:23.000000000 +0200 > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ > <deviceinfo version="0.2"> > <device> > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse"> > - <match key="input.originating_device" contains="i8042_AUX_port"> > + <match key="freebsd.driver" string="psm"> > <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-probe- > vmmouse</append> > </match> > </match> > > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkqEN7gACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4d2iACgkCftwdatB0jM7c3RyRIsQGJD GuIAnjaXjiLMtB4zKKuZ58saWzVhrQhA =x/pS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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