From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 23:14:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E60DDB99 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from proxy1.addr.com (proxy1.addr.com [69.90.211.27]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D24776ED for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.72] ([87.112.125.172]) (authenticated bits=0 user=sweeney) by proxy1.addr.com (8.14.4/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id sAHNDJY0077901 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:13:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <546A8134.1030400@addr.com> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:13:56 +0000 From: Tony Sweeney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Turning off HAL for xorg-server References: <201411171236.sAHCZsUP091538@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <201411171236.sAHCZsUP091538@fire.js.berklix.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:14:17 -0000 On 11/17/2014 12:35, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi, Reference my: > "Julian H. Stacey" wrote: >> =?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). > > Since I added hald_enable="YES, X -configure always crashes ! This currently seems to crash no matter what, it's even in the Wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Tested_hardware_matrix This a little shabby, à mon avis (moue) Tony. > (without -configure normal X input works). > To investigate I'll comment out some mounts & add background_fsck="YES". > > Cheers, > Julian >