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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:50:14 +0100
From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: Handbook X11 Configuration
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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