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Date:      Wed, 1 Jan 2014 21:25:22 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Ben Paley <ben@benpaley.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox and Xorg
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401012114510.75027@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <BE9A18D8-D925-41D1-BABD-A21B5DB45160@benpaley.com>
References:  <BE9A18D8-D925-41D1-BABD-A21B5DB45160@benpaley.com>

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On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, Ben Paley wrote:

> If I do startx with no configuration then I get a nice vanilla X but 
> the cursor doesn?t respond.

If the desktop environment does not require it, build 
x11-servers/xorg-server with the HAL option off.  Otherwise, add

   Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"

to the ServerLayout section of xorg.conf.  This is the entire xorg.conf 
from a 9.1-STABLE VM (with HAL off):

   Section "ServerLayout"
           Identifier "xfce"
           InputDevice "Mouse1"
           # Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
   EndSection

   Section "InputDevice"
           Identifier "Mouse1"
           Driver "vboxmouse"
   EndSection

Autoconfiguration of everything else works.  The AutoAddDevices line is 
not present on mine, uncomment it to disable HAL.



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