From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 20:52:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE21E106564A for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:52:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9531B8FC1E for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qadz32 with SMTP id z32so1183768qad.13 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:52:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ueECXiyd1UNaXwjMHYQUMH0FYYRxj2NiXHL1l99LoGg=; b=jnrajQFn3mO08N9s7CLHI1lU56fPEdByS2x9KPF3cHkGe/1KB7Bql3D/gQF1P7hGTC wEVa+29/suvWStdLInsNXxBBQFcwJq66EZVPX8Y5vHo/HPIw7IFi2YfxQQDtmGNfCKiN G9419848E9GvG9aEGguCBKQizURSpJ3Oioxi4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.9.81 with SMTP id k17mr23059440qak.24.1319575931883; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:52:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.19.212 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:52:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:52:11 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 USB Mouse and Keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:52:13 -0000 On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > Also by Benjamin Kaduk : >> >> >> Has this computer successfully run other versions of FreeBSD with X? >> I seem to recall there can be odd interactions with hald, xorg.conf, and >> others. Some googling brings up >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html which seems to cover >> many of >> the relevant issues. >> >> -Ben Kaduk >> >> >> -------------------------- >> >> After the above messages , >> on the same computer , I have installed the FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 amd64 again . >> >> I have generated an xorg.conf file . >> >> Into the xorg.conf file and ServerLayout part , I have inserted >> >> Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" >> >> The USB Mouse and Keyboard , Fluxbox started to work as expected in the >> graphical mode under X . >> >> >> Without the above statement about Option , the error message is : >> >> (EE) config/hal : couldn't initialise context . unknown error (null) >> > > This line appears if x11-servers/xorg-server was built with the HAL option > enabled. > > In FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 i386 , such a step is NOT necessary . >> > > They should be the same. On i386, maybe xorg-server was built with the HAL > option disabled? I do not know because I am using downloaded .iso files as they are supplied in mirrors without any modification . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk