Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:45:06 -0400 From: Jason Selwitz <jselwitz@verizon.net> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with possible HAL issue. Message-ID: <5420A672.9040907@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <54209C64.5020307@verizon.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409210957370.94666@wintermute.jnetmtb.no-ip.org> <CAN6yY1sqN_G8r%2BNsTn1XuprfeFrEjqhAgnK8FgYVxAnvfERfQQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409211944450.94666@wintermute.jnetmtb.no-ip.org> <CAN6yY1u_QyBt_8es7dMOD5ExAOecUtPSBhzfypx8%2B36Fbe2bEg@mail.gmail.com> <54209C64.5020307@verizon.net>
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Whoops, forgot to Copy the group.. Thanks again! Jason On 09/22/2014 18:02, Jason Selwitz wrote: > > Hi Kevin.. > > your tip did the trick, rebuilt the keyboard/mouse drivers as well as > enlightenment for completeness sake and looks like everything is back in > action Thanks again for the help! > > Jason > > > On 09/21/2014 23:48, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Jason, >> >> Sounds very similar to my system, a ThinkPad T520. Mine works fine with >> HAL. I did have to rebuild the keyboard and mouse drivers to get them to >> work. (I was already aware that it was a possibility, so I just rebuilt >> them when the mouse was frozen.) >> >> >> I'd try the rebuild first as it is fast and I think it is reasonably >> likely to fix your problem. >> >> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired >> E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com> >> >> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Jason Selwitz <jselwitz@verizon.net >> <mailto:jselwitz@verizon.net>> wrote: >> >> Hi Kevin, >> >> Thanks for getting back to me.. first off to answer a few of your >> questions yes I am using WITH_NEW_XORG, I typpically build >> everything from ports and I'm currently attempting to use a laptop >> keyboard and touchpad/touchpoint combo, also I use startx for >> startup. I'll gather the requested files and post a link for you to >> check them out, I will also try rebuilding the keyboard/mouse input >> drivers. thanks again! >> >> Jason >> >> On Sun, 21 Sep 2014, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> >> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Jason Selwitz >> <jselwitz@verizon.net <mailto:jselwitz@verizon.net>> wrote: >> >> Hello, I was hoping someone here could lend a hand, I >> recently >> upgraded my xorg package to the latest and greatest and now >> while X does start it now dosen't seem to be accepting any >> keyboard and mouse input while previous versions of X semed to >> accept device discovery via HAL just fine, I was hoping >> someone >> might have some advice I'm running FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p7, I >> can provide additional output as needed, thanks for the >> assistance! >> >> Jason. >> >> >> Are you using WITH_NEW_XORG? What is in your xorg.conf? Can you >> provide an >> Xorg.0.log file? Did you build the X ports or use pkg to install >> them? Do >> you startx or ue a dislay managr (xdm, kdm, gdm, etc)? USB or >> laptop mouse >> and keyboard? >> >> There have been several recent reports of problems with the >> keyboard and >> mouse but I m not sure that I have sen a common issue here. If >> you just >> moved to NEW_XORG and updated the port that went to a new >> version, you do >> need to rebuild/re-install the keyboard and mouse drivers even >> though they >> are not a new version. >> -- >> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired >> E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com> >> >> >> >
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