Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:50:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg-server-1.5.3_7, /usr/ports/UPDATING, mouse Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903231743290.13578@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <ab7b49bc0903231304s7b99689et1f4c1fca4efc4bec@mail.gmail.com> References: <ab7b49bc0903231304s7b99689et1f4c1fca4efc4bec@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Neal Hogan wrote: > Well, recently I deinstalled all of my third party apps . . . long story > (some of which is documented on this list) . . . but the short story is that > some were added via the ports tree and others via pkg_add. When it came time > to portupdate, I was having problems and it was brought to my attention > that, among other things, mixing ports and packages may lead to problems. > Also, I didn't do the massive deinstall until after I had portupgraded all > of my packages individually and the mouse/keyboard didn't work with X (it > did at the console). Once this happened I felt compelled to wipe the slate. > > So, with no ports/packages installed and starting with a fresh ports tree, I > began installing them one-by-one: > > 1) cd /usr/ports/path/port > 2) make && make install && make clean > > I started with xorg. After it was installed, I tried to start X (startx) . . > . no dice . . . no big deal. I created the basic xorg.conf (Xorg > -configure), tried it (Xorg -config xorg.conf.new). X started, but no mouse > activity and ctrl+alt+backspace did not quit X. I had moused enable in > rc.conf and, as I say above the mouse worked (i.e., it moved when asked) at > the console. /usr/ports/UPDATING says that some mouse issues were cleared > up: > > "20090124: > 241 AFFECTS: users of x11-servers/xorg-server, sysutils/hal > 242 AUTHOR: rnoland@FreeBSD.org > 243 > 244 sysutils/hal has been updated and should now properly detect > 245 mice for use in Xorg. Use of AllowEmptyInput should no longer > 246 be needed for most users and moused should now work fine." > > But, as I say, I have no mouse under X. Adding hal alone is not enough, you have to enable it both when you build xorg-server and in /etc/rc.conf. I use moused also, and have no AllowEmptyInput or AutoAddDevices or mouse or keyboard sections in xorg.conf. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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