Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:13:56 +0000 From: Tony Sweeney <sweeney@addr.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Turning off HAL for xorg-server Message-ID: <546A8134.1030400@addr.com> In-Reply-To: <201411171236.sAHCZsUP091538@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201411171236.sAHCZsUP091538@fire.js.berklix.net>
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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 >
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