From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 15:42:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BB371065670 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD1538FC16 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q4HFgSkf059920; Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:28 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q4HFgSso059917; Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:28 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Tom Evans In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20120517110155.GA37078@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-902635197-976783265-1337269348=:59899" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:28 -0600 (MDT) Cc: stable@freebsd.org, "A.J. Fonz van Werven" Subject: Re: [stable-9] Touchpad mouse stopped working X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:30 -0000 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 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--