Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:50:14 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook X11 Configuration Message-ID: <20091030155014.GA1253@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910300912180.49648@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910300912180.49648@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:17:34AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > The Handbook X11 Configuration chapter has a couple of entries where > hal .fdi files are added or changed, then: > > "You will have to reboot your machine to force hald to read this file." > > Is there a reason that merely restarting hald won't work? Rebooting is > a crude and drastic step unless it's necessary. [...] I'm guilty for this part. When I wrote it I met many issues with "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald restart", it often leaded to non-working situations (non-detected mouse, etc.). See http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=34392+0+archive/2009/cvs-doc/20090830.cvs-doc -- Marc
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