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Date:      Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:13:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      doug <doug@fledge.watson.org>
To:        James Griffin <jmz@kontrol.kode5.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: xorg without hal
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312121805110.20038@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20131211154753.GB3251@kontrol.kode5.net>
References:  <20131211142143.GA2861@kontrol.kode5.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312110842170.2231@wonkity.com> <20131211154753.GB3251@kontrol.kode5.net>

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On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, James Griffin wrote:

> Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, 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?
>>
>> Yes.  It depends on the environment, AFAIK KDE and Gnome still want hal.
>> xfce does not need it.
>
> Thanks Warren, I use fvwm2 so I guess that should be fine.

I have never built Xorg. My technique has also been to try HAL and turn if off 
if required. So when/if it does not work:

   #hald_enable="YES"   ==> /etc/rc.conf
   #dbus_enable="YES"

   Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"  ==> /etc/X11/xorg.conf








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