Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:49:59 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: Don Lewis <truckman@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, andrnils@gmail.com, fullermd@over-yonder.net Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_What_is_the_Right_Way=28=EF=BF=BD=22o=29_to_run_?= =?utf-8?Q?X=3F?= Message-ID: <BD8E6FF4-8DCD-48BE-A703-AE04961565CE@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1sKpH-Pp8oQKw662fN8w2mEVueu98RpNdyARYuPew2zyw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201303172224.r2HMOg25013615@gw.catspoiler.org> <624366A6-5E01-43CB-8C1A-2E4D595A1F90@dons.net.au> <CAN6yY1sKpH-Pp8oQKw662fN8w2mEVueu98RpNdyARYuPew2zyw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 18/03/2013, at 11:51, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This sounds exactly like what I have, although I do find it odd that hal doesn't manage to open /dev/sysmouse and use that (even if it fails for /dev/ums* etc). lshal does show a mount device listed with /dev/sysmouse as the device name.
>
> Very odd. I have been running with xorg, sysmouse and hal for a long time with no real issues. No AutoAddDevices or AllowEmptyInput at all.
>
> lshal shows that the magic is working:
> di = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/psm_0'
> freebsd.device_file = '/dev/psm0' (string)
> freebsd.driver = 'psm' (string)
> freebsd.unit = 0 (0x0) (int)
> info.addons = {'hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse'} (string list)
> info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
> info.category = 'input' (string)
> info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/atkbdc_0' (string)
> info.product = 'PS/2 Mouse' (string)
> info.subsystem = 'platform' (string)
> info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/psm_0' (string)
> input.device = '/dev/sysmouse' (string)
> input.x11_driver = 'mouse' (string)
> platform.id = 'psm.0' (string)
>
> Note that the input.device is sysmouse and that it works. Does lshal how the input device to be sysmouse on your system?
Yes.
I wonder, I have 2 USB mice maybe that is a problem.
The full output of lshal is at http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/lshal.txt
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