Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, "A.J. Fonz van Werven" <fonz@skysmurf.nl> Subject: Re: [stable-9] Touchpad mouse stopped working Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205170938410.59899@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1KY9wvsC-5%2ByNdvFHu4xerws=ukwM0-nq5JuWZK%2B7%2BbPg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120517110155.GA37078@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> <CAFHbX1K%2B-WeTWRAoRi5JArUuTAtSzSTM2JDtQAB5sKhj_Xs7RQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205170825500.59173@wonkity.com> <CAFHbX1KY9wvsC-5%2ByNdvFHu4xerws=ukwM0-nq5JuWZK%2B7%2BbPg@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-976783265-1337269348=:59899 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 17 May 2012, Tom Evans wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 17 May 2012, Tom Evans wrote: >>> This doesn't work for me, I need working hald as I plug and unplug >>> keyboards and mice each time I take my laptop out of its dock, >> >> >> There might be some hardware thing in your setup that requires hald, but I >> do manage to hot-connect external USB mice without HAL installed. One >> notebook needed moused_enable, but that's all. Can't recall whether that >> one even has InputDevice sections in xorg.conf. I'll post the config in a >> bit. > > Yes, moused is exceptional in that regard, but my main issue is > attaching/detaching keyboards. Most of my time, I use a PS/2 Model M, > connected to a laptop dock with a USB<->PS/2 adaptor. I need that when > I undock, I can use the laptop keyboard, and when I redock, that I get > back my external keyboard. > > I suppose the equivalent to sysmouse/moused is kbdmux, but with hald > and older Xorg, this did just DTRT. > > PS: I just read to the end of the thread, Warren your config looks > interesting if it can handle hotplugging keyboards. I will give this a > try this evening, I also want to do some testing to see if the state > in hald changes between xorg restarts. A USB keyboard here just worked; kbdmux lets you type on either or both. Unfortunately, the notebook does not have a PS2 port*, and I don't have a dock for it, so USB is all I can test. * Yes, I'll happily hot-connect PS2 keyboards and laugh at the danger of doing so! Bwahahaha! ---902635197-976783265-1337269348=:59899--
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