Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:22:02 -0800 (PST) From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: R: Setting up xorg, the quick and dirty method (was "Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool") Message-ID: <1325211722.58257.YahooMailClassic@web113507.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112291845510.37293@wonkity.com>
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Hi Warren;=0A=0A--- Gio 29/12/11, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> ha scri= tto:=0A...=0A> >=0A> > Unfortunately this is usually not enough. In the=0A>= > case of VirtualBox, you have to check this:=0A> > http://wiki.freebsd.or= g/VirtualBox=0A> =0A> What more did you have to do?=0A> =0A> Installing xor= g and enabling/starting dbus and hal is all I=0A> did on a =0A> fresh insta= ll of 9.0-RC3 amd64 in VirtualBox just now.=0A> =0A=0ATBH, at the time ther= e had been some USB changes and=0Athe instructions to setup hal were not up= to date.=0AI recall the worst of all was having to *type* the=0Aconfigurat= ion files. It simply didn't work and I=0Aeventually gave up on setting up t= he i386 test VM:=0AI do everything on the native amd64 partition=0Aanyways.= =0A=0A> > The HAL part is not at all obvious and it is not=0A> > fun to hav= e to check this stuff on the web.=0A> =0A> It is in the Handbook X11 config= section.=A0 Or you can=0A> turn off =0A> AutoAddDevices in xorg.conf and h= al is not needed.=A0=0A> That's also in the =0A> Handbook X11 config sectio= n.=0A> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.h= tml=0A> =0A=0ANice. If I ever do it on my own again I will try it :).=0A=0A= Pedro.
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