From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 18 01:14:13 2009 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 5FC49106566B for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.farley.org (mail.farley.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f0f:20:2::11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 015DF8FC0C for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:14:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thor.farley.org (HPooka@thor.farley.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f0f:20:1::5]) by mail.farley.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8I1Dktj037484; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:13:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:13:46 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" To: David Wolfskill In-Reply-To: <20090917235322.GM1212@albert.catwhisker.org> Message-ID: References: <20090917134924.GZ1212@albert.catwhisker.org> <20090917170431.47be4a06@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20090917152957.GA1212@albert.catwhisker.org> <20090917161519.GB1212@albert.catwhisker.org> <20090917235322.GM1212@albert.catwhisker.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail.farley.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/compat6x port no longer sufficient for DRI under head? 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: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:14:13 -0000 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, David Wolfskill wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 06:37:46PM -0500, Sean C. Farley wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, David Wolfskill wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 08:32:09AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: >>>> ... >>>> Have you tried re-enabling hald and dbus and configuring X to use >>>> those? >>> >>> No, I haven't. >>> >>> One of the reasons I stopped trying to use hald(8) was that when I >>> booted head, hald went into a 100% CPU busy loop. (Mind, this was >>> with hald built inder stable/6.) >> >> How about building your system without HAL? I have been quite happy >> without it. As long as I have the following in my Xorg.conf, >> everything (that I need) seems to be detected nicely: >> >> Section "ServerLayout" >> ... >> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" >> ... >> EndSection > > Well, ref. the above "I stopped trying to use hald(8)" -- I did this by: You expected me to actually read pertinent information. ;) Sorry about that. > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" > EndSection > > And then disabling the hald & dbus startup. I built all of my ports using WITHOUT_HAL as opposed to disabling hald startup. Did you try this variation? > It had been working in stable/6, stable/7, and head before the > (apparently DRI-related) issues arose in stable/7 and (mnore recently) > head. WITHOUT_HAL throughout ports, dbus running and the option I listed above works well for me with stable/7 (r196739). Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org