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Subject: Re: Turning off HAL for xorg-server
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
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=?windows-1252?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= wrote:
> On 16.11.2014 03:37, Warren Block wrote:
> > xorg-server no longer requires HAL.  When can we turn the HAL option of=
> f
> > in the port?

With current src & ports & an /etc/X11/xorg.conf freshly produced
on FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT 2 days back by: X -configure I had to Add
hald_enable="YES" to my rc.conf before internal & external keyboards
& mice would resume working.

I did not previously need hald_enable in /etc/rc.conf for partitions
on same PC running X on 8.4-RELEASE, 9.3-RELEASE, 10.0-RELEASE.

Most users will want an X PC that by default works with keyboard & mouse,
FreeBSD defaults should support that IMO, as minority higher skilled X purists
can easily comment out input if they are building a non standard PC.

PS FYI I have long had devd ON, on all 4 FreeBSD partitions & releases,
(in case that makes a difference).

Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com
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