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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:22:06 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Nilton Jose Rizzo <rizzo@i805.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Moused + HAL + rc.conf + Boot
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1309160819270.54276@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130916104810.M46864@i805.com.br>
References:  <20130916104810.M46864@i805.com.br>

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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, Nilton Jose Rizzo wrote:

>
>  Hi all,
>
>   I'm here again!
>
>       When I start my box, the moused is run.  My mouse is an USB mouse.
>   I put in rc.conf this knob: moused_enable="NO", but is ignored by
>   start up script and moused is run, this is a problem to the HAL, because
>   the HAL try to open /dev/ums0 again and can't do it.  I  need  to change
>   to text console and kill the moused process. I have to  logout from
>   account X ( via gdm) and I login again to mouse work.  It's started in
>   two night ago.
>
> see:
> FreeBSD valfenda 10.0-ALPHA1 FreeBSD 10.0-ALPHA1 #4 r255503: Fri Sep 13
> 08:18:27 BRT 2013     rizzo@valfenda:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VALFENDA  amd64

moused is started by devd when a USB mouse is connected.  To disable it, 
add

   moused_nondefault_enable="

to /etc/rc.conf.  But it's generally preferable to disable xorg's use of 
HAL by adding

   Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"

to the ServerLayout section of xorg.conf.


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