Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:39:48 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Jim Pazarena <fmobile@paz.bz>, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mouse dies when kdm is triggered Message-ID: <4C580E14.6060904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008030605250.9653@wonkity.com> References: <4C572E8D.10002@paz.bz> <4C57386E.7060400@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008021807440.7190@wonkity.com> <20100803152134.H34284@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008030605250.9653@wonkity.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/3/10 8:25 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Ian Smith wrote: >> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote: >> > >> > In today's world, using AllowEmptyInput Off is asking for input >> problems. >> > It's the wrong way to disable hal for input device detection. AEI >> also hates >> > kittens and puppies and will throw garbage on your lawn. >> >> So what's the recipe for the current RIGHT way to disable using hal and >> dbus, configuring xorg.conf appropriately? My Thinkpad T23 running >> 7.2-STABLE and 8.0-RELEASE systems is currently broken, or I could refer >> to how I did it for them, costing quite some research pain at the time. > > Add Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" to the ServerLayout or ServerFlags > section. That prevents xorg from adding hal-detected devices, even if > hal is running. > > The other option is to build xorg-server without hal support: > # cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server; make config > > Turn off the HAL option and rebuild/reinstall the port. If you do that, > a reminder comment about it in xorg.conf could be a good idea. Or just > include the AutoAddDevices option anyway; I doubt xorg-server without > hal support would complain about it, but can't recall testing that. > Also note that pgj@ picked up a PR to mention this in the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=147095 Regards, - -- Glen Barber -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMWA4UAAoJEFJPDDeguUajVXkH/1b62sG8tOpkOM0PTCLnoio/ wMzPgJo4VYNRKlvL5tda2UXydPKGlUttWp29SfcTb9dTZ66EzV/7L05U/597y6cy e86Nz/oSY2BW5LcQHMtZyWZcixozHJslbPysnHOCssExNpx89umYNZwCVDUVu4qE h8djKQxdSWjumlhq4iBa1ZQ0PUk6F+yDhFtkdvPuaPo1P0faPoLW70NKxftn0yZz GQtHsrwJ6au3z+S3v7kBoHk4c61aCDGNFS8sqEnLpQSnWKjxPkp+qhY0v4Cd0+FX fP8Y93g/Q3EZeTtHzC42ssJCwvmcFKNJNiSY/UUYUfqxIuUT9OPDRX054uAHZV8= =glf5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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