Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:49:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <x11@freebsd.org>, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need help untangling Xorg behavior on Haswell board, KMS, etc. etc. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307231147210.59063@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1t_p56XdHmuOUcAcFTGPLVF7aoo5YLzmYK6kYPQBjwPgA@mail.gmail.com> References: <51E99691.1090808@reynoldsnet.org> <51EE6256.4020902@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307230657160.56147@wonkity.com> <51EE8546.6030803@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307230756580.56147@wonkity.com> <CAN6yY1t_p56XdHmuOUcAcFTGPLVF7aoo5YLzmYK6kYPQBjwPgA@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --3512871622-831162289-1374601750=:59063 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > On 2013-07-23 14:59, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > In general, running without a xorg.conf should work, but there are a lot > of different hardware and setups out there, and just because it works on > Linux does not mean it works on FreeBSD without xorg.conf. If you want > to have more control of exactly what's going on, a config is probably to > prefer. > If you use xorg without HAL, you must have a config at least detailing > your input devices for them to work properly. > > > My experience is that input device sections are not needed unless custom > settings are needed in them. X autodetects them fine without HAL. > > > I've had trouble in the past, at least with mice... > > > Ah. PS/2 mice, maybe? I admit I have not tried one of those in a long, long time. > > > My T520 works well with the "PS/2 mouse". It's actually the TrackPoint mouse, but it looks like a PS/2 mouse to the system. > > I needed nothing in my config. I am using moused. The only thing in my Xorg.conf file is a list of fonts that I have added. moused is probably the important part there. With USB mice, moused is started automatically by devd. --3512871622-831162289-1374601750=:59063--
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