From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 16:33:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FA72DE for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:33:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from break19@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-f182.google.com (mail-ie0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7538FC18 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f182.google.com with SMTP id k10so3465855iea.13 for ; Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:32:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=y3Bkhw08iwxWlBipUvibCziGHV6iZ0Z95JXsJ9pzy0Q=; b=ArR7p8Z9WWrq4imL97LhgvZkdtIUdrr1dG5mow4QKbI2CmRzkAXNZ2AiZoXsncboYg 7SlYskvtFysyqfE0o90pgj9RmtTEvhetcl/ISr6XWZ9lpUe0y8uIaBRsoaMszSd0HYza TgOSCI3/HCXv1RAFv+YnlVsSxkvRVoMRGZMB5URGzCftmXx0TS9CI2y1u4DSc0PCmksS UoZGTJcKMEKEZ9ZWnNhpFGkrMxkXZGCiTEIsbctNZq9FGINgj8SDIA2HEF4DTYIkfXag hOZ7SKoMCZ/asDY5lZE145OSKd+Ajf0CCR1eMNapm+9YpWV/wq6aJa4GC6QEI6eZQhD5 wCsA== Received: by 10.50.173.106 with SMTP id bj10mr17399743igc.13.1352305977059; Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:32:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.198] (174-159-95-17.pools.spcsdns.net. [174.159.95.17]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gs6sm2389566igc.11.2012.11.07.08.32.52 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:32:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <509A8D2B.9010904@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:32:43 -0600 From: Chuck Burns User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) References: <201211062158.qA6Lvt2l039276@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:33:04 -0000 On 11/7/2012 10:27 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, CeDeROM wrote: > >> Isn't this a Xorg bug then? When I have no configuration file Hal should >> provide the configuration, so sooner or later the mouse should start >> moving... but is does not.. >> >> Do I get http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html correct that >> when I am using xorg.conf there is no need for Hal and when I am using >> Hal >> there is no need for xorg.conf? > > Not quite, no. xorg.conf is the configuration file for xorg-server. It > can do a lot more than just identify input devices. > > Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" tells xorg-server: even if hal is present > and running, don't use it to detect input devices. > > AFAIK, hal is not used by xorg-server for anything else. All other > autoconfig (video card detection, monitor detection, it even has its own > built-in input device detection) is done by the xorg server itself. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" And, for the record, HAL is NOT needed in recent xorg-server, even for running without an xorg.conf file. This was not the case for a while, but with recent xorg-server, hal is NOT NEEDED even for autodetection. It has been deprecated by the linux folks for a few years now. -- Chuck Burns