Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:07:26 +0000 From: James Griffin <jmz@kontrol.kode5.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xorg without hal Message-ID: <20131211150726.GA3251@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20131211155825.7df7b863.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20131211142143.GA2861@kontrol.kode5.net> <20131211155825.7df7b863.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:21:43 +0000, James Griffin wrote: > > > Is it possible to configure X with the need for hald? > > If I generate and configure an xorg.conf with the > > appropriate settings, can I turn hald off? > > You need to compile X without the HAL dependency (see > "man configure" for that port). If you also want to get > rid of DBUS, you can apply the same concept, but maybe > have to recompile programs running on X that might want > or need HAL and DBUS. After that, you can let X create > a xorg.conf file and modify it if you insist. You can > then remove the hald_enable and dbus_enable settings > from your rc.conf. > > I'm running such a kind of installation for many years > now successfully. No need for HAL and DBUS. :-) > Ok thanks, I didn't know I'd need to rebuild it without hal/dbus support so i'm glad I asked. Many of my ports have been built with hal support so for now, I think i'll just leave it be. Thanks for your help. Jamie. -- 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 id: jmz@kontrol.kode5.net id: jmzgriffin@gmail.com A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
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