From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 30 20:02:14 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 02C1B106568D for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:02:14 +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 A89E08FC1E for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8UK2CXp081580; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:02:12 -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 n8UK2Cu0081577; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:02:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:02:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: chrisa@uvic.ca In-Reply-To: <340fe87c23ba55b89024231e59dad7f1.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> Message-ID: References: <1b3000aab88ea400a8a60a56aea835c5.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <20090930073601.GA824@sandcat> <6900371da03b4f476e7ff154adb9e12a.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <6201873e0909301220u3cfea5a2n59a576ca6d9d1009@mail.gmail.com> <340fe87c23ba55b89024231e59dad7f1.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 14:02:12 -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 20:02:14 -0000 On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, chrisa@uvic.ca wrote: >> My systems work well with hal. I find overall setup to be faster and >> smoother(at this point in time) with hal enabled although there is much >> adversity to it on this list. >> >> Do you have xf86-input-mouse installed? > > I do have it installed. I'm going to try manual configuration to see if I > can make it work. If you can tell what graphics card you have, no doubt someone can provide a sample. I can come up with ones for ATI and Intel. > By the way, you find it faster and smoother with hal enabled? I recall > reading an earlier thread about hal where some people found everything > slower and less responsive. Interesting. It turns out that hal plus a "disable hal" option makes things not work. The opposite is probably also true. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA