From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 10:24:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A29BE1065670 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 10:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 579208FC16 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 10:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so619992yen.13 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 03:24:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=GfaNcRYhU3p339S3uySPePoS43IwfmEWeQfsIje8Lvo=; b=d+P7KY88Y0NLksCBouQPeLqvwXxq8CGRJnHPy89fEyQyqyTo0jB0geE2W9NjalL0Dg ltY/koUsyWlXLMfAD4EycwNbOJX1nEOj9kkS4i16hlNa3ZHrC16wT/jKkkcTSBeY6nYk /56VSnUb4MHqdwsWuI68ydPcXf01jmKjoRJv00ljZYlREyNpKdMHK5HMMC9vQtlFzVyV SFmxijNfkkDtQu4B4JlzcM9d8ha1Sem1nmTF4T9atFM5CKBtLs14395KuiBfh+nHAbvv 8b/TLw2HshxGE58XGhH/67qIiXZdT48UI2/mTpj5PnbsDAYPeqZNLR773kOcZoM0tscX e/Vg== Received: by 10.50.149.129 with SMTP id ua1mr1443893igb.43.1337163873930; Wed, 16 May 2012 03:24:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from luna.wi.rr.com (cpe-184-58-138-79.wi.res.rr.com. [184.58.138.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gw4sm2720735igb.6.2012.05.16.03.24.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 16 May 2012 03:24:33 -0700 (PDT) From: ajtiM To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:24:24 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/9.0-RELEASE; KDE/4.7.4; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201205160524.24623.lumiwa@gmail.com> 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: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:24:35 -0000 On Wednesday 16 May 2012 03:35:14 Tom Evans wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > 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? > > I can check that, but I think restarting hald is not relevant. My > current approach, which seems to be working nicely, is to boot with > gdm disabled, and restart it 3 times. This gets me a working X with a > working hal 90% of the time. > > Hence I think that my idea that hald was behind this seems wrong, as > I'm now not restarting hald. > > I've had enough of fiddling with this right now (I need to do some > work!), but tonight I will make the gdm rc.d script record a copy of > lshal output when it starts up, perhaps there is a time delay in hald > presenting the right devices. > > Cheers > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have the same problem all the time after update (never had before) and I never restart hald but on the second try of 'startx" it works. BTW I use KDE and it is anoying. Mitja -------- http://jpgmag.com/people/lumiwa