From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 13:48:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88BA71065674 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E3E8FC18 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LTGCW-0000Pl-D2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:03 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LTGCR-0006Yj-98 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:47:55 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0VDls6C066734 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:47:54 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0VDlorq066733 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:47:50 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:47:50 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090131134750.GA66686@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20090130144614.GA4897@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20090130153128.GA82736@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <4983713E.5010800@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4983713E.5010800@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Subject: Re: X.org-update -> screen garbled / settings for xorg.conf? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:48:05 -0000 On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 09:29:34PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:46:14PM +0100, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Today I upgraded my system (ports) so I got x.org 7.4 installed. > >> > >> Given the various entries in /usr/ports/UPDATING about the recent > >> updates for xorg I wonder what the correct settings/combinations are > >> for my installation: > >> > >> I've got hald running as per /etc/rc.conf with hald_enable="YES" as > >> well as moused (moused_enable=YES in rc.conf). > > > > what??? where's hald_enable="YES" documented? > > There's nothing about this in X, dbus, or hald manual pages. > > Perhaps this is why my X servers won't work and dbus keeps complaining > > that it cannot connect.. > > > > rc.conf(5) in the general sense and in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald specifically. sure, what I meant is where is it documented that X requires hald? thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423