From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 30 19:20:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D2811065670 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C0F8FC18 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:20:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8UJK2Nb081421; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:20:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n8UJK2u8081418; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:20:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:20:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: chrisa@uvic.ca In-Reply-To: <6900371da03b4f476e7ff154adb9e12a.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> Message-ID: References: <1b3000aab88ea400a8a60a56aea835c5.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <20090930073601.GA824@sandcat> <6900371da03b4f476e7ff154adb9e12a.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:20:02 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with hal in freebsd 7.2 i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:20:03 -0000 On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, chrisa@uvic.ca wrote: > I discovered that compiling all ports on the relevant machine made it > compile and start. Isn't it odd that the ones compiled on a slightly > different i386 machine didn't? Not really. There are lots of ways for two "slightly" different machines to be really different. > Anyway, the mouse still doesn't work in X, and from what I'm hearing, > it's possible to get the mouse to work in X without it, so I am going > to get rid of hal. Or you could fix your configuration. > By the way, any ideas on why the mouse input mightn't work in X? It's a > usb mouse, but moused in text mode works with it. Your xorg.conf probably has outdated options in it. But it's hard to tell without seeing it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA