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Subject: Re: VirtualBox and Xorg
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Warren,

Sorry not to have replied earlier, I=92ve been very busy with other =
things.

Your xorg.conf totally solved my difficulty! I=92ve got HAL and DBUS =
enabled so I uncommented the AutoAddDevices line.

Thanks very very much! :-)

Ben Paley



>=20
>=20
> If the desktop environment does not require it, build=20
> x11-servers/xorg-server with the HAL option off.  Otherwise, add
>=20
>   Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
>=20
> to the ServerLayout section of xorg.conf.  This is the entire =
xorg.conf=20
> from a 9.1-STABLE VM (with HAL off):
>=20
>   Section "ServerLayout"
>           Identifier "xfce"
>           InputDevice "Mouse1"
>           # Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
>   EndSection
>=20
>   Section "InputDevice"
>           Identifier "Mouse1"
>           Driver "vboxmouse"
>   EndSection
>=20
> Autoconfiguration of everything else works.  The AutoAddDevices line =
is=20
> not present on mine, uncomment it to disable HAL.