Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:01:12 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 USB Mouse and Keyboard Message-ID: <CAGH67wTEQ9W3sALTkGCje_g05aEkWqjXimdUioeiVegu3Yj30A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMtN=XaEuT1-q-Bg_i3hLROB_KG-jQpdAH2J1XcQBdHO6w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgwaMtPG%2B3U28n2GkcvHsCXuvm0Xv=6NAVC51cBPSyrcudMrg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110241738540.75043@wonkity.com> <CAOgwaMuPZmtu7DA%2BPUZvkXNaM71uMgzoi2Z1LwsmdrDFu0Z-0Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110251438020.82199@wonkity.com> <CAOgwaMtN=XaEuT1-q-Bg_i3hLROB_KG-jQpdAH2J1XcQBdHO6w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >> >> =A0Also 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, an= d >>> 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 =A0file and ServerLayout part , I have inserted >>> >>> =A0Option "AutoAddDevices" =A0"Off" >>> >>> The USB Mouse and Keyboard , Fluxbox =A0started to work as expected in = the >>> graphical mode =A0under 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 opti= on >> enabled. >> >> =A0In FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 i386 , such a step is NOT necessary . >>> >> >> They should be the same. =A0On i386, maybe xorg-server was built with th= e HAL >> option disabled? > > > > I do not know because I am using downloaded .iso files as they are suppli= ed > in mirrors without any modification . The default is WITH_HAL: OPTIONS+=3D HAL "Compile with HAL config support" on Why WITHOUT_HAL would be defined with i386 and not amd64, I have no idea, but if the build environments are consistently then it should be on for both. Thanks, -Garrett
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