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To: James Griffin <jmz@kontrol.kode5.net>
Subject: Re: xorg without hal
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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