From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 13:51:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFAC8F69 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 13:51:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8628022C for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 13:51:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-251.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.251]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t08Dpnwh014275 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 07:51:50 -0600 Message-ID: <54AE8CEC.1000006@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:58:04 -0600 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way References: <63179.128.135.70.2.1420560731.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20150107153505.GB26903@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20150107164934.e0f45beb.freebsd@edvax.de> <242E4555-34DC-4189-BEF9-1A79823B534A@firstyear.id.au> <20150108101849.4143eb55.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150108200631.293f7d40@franky.ipa.blackhats.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20150108200631.293f7d40@franky.ipa.blackhats.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:51:52 -0000 On 01/08/15 03:36, William B wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > >>> Yes there is support but there is currently a bug with >>> changing keyboard layouts on login that as a dvorak user, >>> I am trying to solve. >> Regarding keyboard layout (a thing I hardly change >> during use) I prefer to either use xorg.conf to >> set it globally, or .xmodmap on a per-user basis >> (especially useful for programmable keyboards). >> >> By the way, does Mate still require HAL as a >> dependency? > Both approaches do not work as mate keyboard takes over and changes the layout > regardless of what you set in xorg.conf, but Mate keyboard "forgets" to set > the layout to what the user has configured. I need some time to debug it > though work allowing. > > Not that I am aware of: HAL is a depedancy of Xorg, not MATE. According to the > docs, and what I have checked, the "current" version of Xorg in pkg is not built > with hal support, so it's not needed. > > > - -- > Sincerely, > > William Brown > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUrk+fAAoJEO/EFteBqAmaez0P/1uyCbUT7DHltyaRPas7gj2K > xC1LYXr8Au1xsBW/JrRRDXeC7ACMEym3oTTqmTYjRkDUh5tuH0seJUQoIneVj12V > 9mpdLFhS95enlRJfCzne9HhqzRrX4ut+GdPtdLDhFbHAZva+y21wVqOKASTziq6O > THShEQRFNq3C39gkBeR/51HFXw9GrxO5EWjZZG/sUsSWQ7py/p/4249uREMX/j5I > BSn4QYvSma8ShF4KZ3u+4ddw+pRI6KhURu/nfIyJeCHkm0vxLRPqdlBL8viAqbLx > VlGs5Kot0Cg4l227VkZbf9gEEZ3RBJDZWIJB7NFQu0crXT38zUfwjDRAP9Qt5mpp > yA4B/GyyJFsiW/HE5TPQ2PdzonYL59CAqq0jw7suxGsrKClpjgOdDrzeFCuHDPCi > CIdh/T4/1m4Kza37iEeRH1ZyBqnLxbBIxR+eM2Vx7c4zMWKNZKMWjOr1QM9a62ev > zR8ifFfJwO7VOzooYtY+jdb6oMLgGxR95XmvTxlDVYKA85p74r1UF35ibniV2qeN > y4YtRbnEQwAI2Uou23T61pR6K8539MarSz5U/c9Ievd7s4hQOnOYaX7QBVzEj6TG > lp/ryeojJFXdtk6UtsGEnEpHcEwxwj0wlBUqCTCxxQonadF/cgNP9S4cPynlOggh > 5V+40TeB6w8RJXfyz2DQ > =cuPG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What versions of xorg-server & FreeBSD does that ('current' xorg pkg doesn't need HAL) refer to ? TIA & have a happy new year :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.