From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 21:01:14 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 42818106566B for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:01:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-dy0-f54.google.com (mail-dy0-f54.google.com [209.85.220.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBBC68FC14 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:01:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dye36 with SMTP id 36so76458dye.13 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:01:13 -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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cD7UCBm0+s15qEFva2BsjvvzaQcUFqh52hWJqF0QFR8=; b=YJdx/bXkeFSs7iRKaa4r40vf353kjWzgQefBNg7aOrvH2d3GaRfz3hlwV01IBkBOal BBoXcS3CCOs4ZNojuzVNo7GQMQuwTCCy3/0GZhcjbgYPnE3t46w7v5IO99VHoMPFjakv PpD9d04kZU7+E3FPCKIKTdJJC/NDoXb5CBImE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.51.103 with SMTP id j7mr4663800obo.36.1319576472569; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:01:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.122.33 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:01:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:01:12 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Warren Block , 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 21:01:14 -0000 On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Warren Block 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