Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:07:34 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Niclas Zeising <zeising@daemonic.se> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.options.mk ports/x11-servers/xorg-server Makefile Message-ID: <20120714090734.GA74863@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <500134AE.5050708@daemonic.se> References: <201207131023.q6DANvUG081088@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120714070747.GB55269@FreeBSD.org> <500134AE.5050708@daemonic.se>
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On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:58:22AM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote: > On 2012-07-14 09:07, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > I thought HAL was deprecated anyways, why not simply disable it by default > > across the gang? I've never enabled it and X server always runs fine. > > The issue with HAL is that, while it is deprecated in the Linux > community, we in the FreeBSD project does not have a replacement for > HAL, wrt automatic mounting of usb drives (which can probably be solved > using devd) and device recognition and addition in xorg (which is harder > to solve). A lot of people expect to ust be able to run "startx" and > have it recognize a mouse, keyboard etc. With that said, it is quite > possible, and very simple to run x without hal. But then you need a > xorg.conf, and you won't get automatic recognition of devices > (keyboards, mice) that are plugged in after you've started x, regardless > of whether they are in xorg.conf or not. > Regards! Understood. I never wanted automounting and do not own an USB keyboard, however, plugging USB or bluetooth mice always worked for me without HAL. Perhaps I just have a lucky xorg.conf. ;-) ./danfe
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