Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:22:20 -0700 From: chrisa@uvic.ca To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with hal in freebsd 7.2 i386 Message-ID: <3bf2b136bc8e50cbd7eca54e09db6930.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909301650330.82084@wonkity.com> References: <1b3000aab88ea400a8a60a56aea835c5.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <20090930073601.GA824@sandcat> <6900371da03b4f476e7ff154adb9e12a.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <6201873e0909301220u3cfea5a2n59a576ca6d9d1009@mail.gmail.com> <340fe87c23ba55b89024231e59dad7f1.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909301357000.81404@wonkity.com> <f5f079e5d49d7c886e0086dc6fcc3853.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909301717390.70573@qvzrafvba.5c.ybpny> <302a6d597e448786230d74aa2ccb7502.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909301650330.82084@wonkity.com>
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> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, chrisa@uvic.ca wrote:
>
>>> Add the following to your X11 config and see what you come up with.
>>>
>>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>> option "AutoAddDevices" "off"
>>> option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>
>> All right, I did that.
>
> What are you trying to fix with those entries?
Nothing. I was just doing it to see what happens.
>
>> Created a new xorg.conf since it's working with the autoconfig now.
>
> And what is in it?
Only this:
Section "ServerFlags"
option "AutoAddDevices" "off"
option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
EndSection
and nothing else.
>
>> The mouse and keyboard still work, and Xorg.0.log follows.
>
>> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
>> (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard
>> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8)
>
> Well, that's broken. Look, there are basically two ways to configure
> keyboard and mouse for xorg. There's the old way, where you have
> InputDevice entries for them in xorg.conf.
>
> Then there's the new way, where you run hal and let it handle the
> keyboard and mouse for xorg. No InputDevice sections are needed. For
> example, here is my xorg.conf from the Acer Aspire One. Note the lack
> of InputDevice sections and those magic ServerFlags options.
It does indeed appear broken. The keyboard and mouse still work, though,
which doesn't make any sense to me. I don't have any InputDevice sections,
as you can see, so if hal isn't configuring the keyboard and mouse, what
is?
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