Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 10:23:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Dru Lavigne <dru@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r42905 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1310091009370.16692@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201310082138.r98LcPdW082358@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201310082138.r98LcPdW082358@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2013, Dru Lavigne wrote: > Author: dru > Date: Tue Oct 8 21:38:24 2013 > New Revision: 42905 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42905 > > Log: > This patch does the following: > - adds pkg instructions to 6.3. Installing Xorg > - adds a Caveats section to 6.4. Xorg Configuration > - temporarily moves the extra config stuff to a new section called 6.8. Troubleshooting--this text has not yet been reviewed and this section may end up being instead called 6.8. Advanced Configuration or shuffled elsewhere in a subsequent patch > - replaces instances of X and X11 with the entity for xorg > - some updates to Synopsis, there will be more updates as the chapter is reviewed and shuffled > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Tue Oct 8 21:32:37 2013 (r42904) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Tue Oct 8 21:38:24 2013 (r42905) > + <note> > + <para>Users who prefer an installation method that automatically > + configures the <application>&xorg;</application> and offers I think "the" is unnecessary, here. > + a choice of window managers during installation should > + refer to the <ulink > + url="http://www.pcbsd.org/">pcbsd.org</ulink>; website.</para> > + </note> [...] > > <para><application>&xorg;</application> uses > <acronym>HAL</acronym> to autodetect keyboards and mice. The > <filename role="package">sysutils/hal</filename> and > <filename role="package">devel/dbus</filename> ports are > - installed as dependencies of > + automatically installed as dependencies of > <filename role="package">x11/xorg</filename>, but must be > - enabled by the following entries in the > - <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file:</para> > + enabled by adding the following entries to > + <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> I think we will want to revisit HAL at least in the near future. (Less sure about dbus.) Upstream X.org has moved away from HAL, and I am pretty sure that on current FreeBSD it is possible to run without HAL as well. There's a quarterly project report entry for getting dbus/X integration to fully replace HAL which gives the "near future" bit. Unfortunately, I have lost track of what the current best practice is for X, HAL (or not), and dbus on FreeBSD. -Ben
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