Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 08:45:08 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211080838550.51828@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkK6Ls1zVKyeeGWy%2B2bNZqeHGhrxXHKXOpVSY5OkMxrVw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXjnRzPAkNuc5C0iTNUTe5j=h8ga9VWmE%2BTRdNg_kyJcmFw@mail.gmail.com> <201211062158.qA6Lvt2l039276@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAFYkXjkK6Ls1zVKyeeGWy%2B2bNZqeHGhrxXHKXOpVSY5OkMxrVw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, CeDeROM wrote: > I have tested additional options in xorg runtime :-) > > With the patched xorg mouse driver 1.7.1 (or driver version >=1.7.2) > situation is following: > > 1. With hald and dbus no xorg.conf file is needed. However it might bo > option to pass some additional featutes parameters with xorg.conf. > 2. With no hald and dbus mouse and keyboard does not work in xorg unless > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" is added to Section "ServerLayout" by > hand in xorg.conf. Without this option input does not work even if > xorg.conf defines it! AllowEmptyInput=False forces to detect input deviced > by Xorg at startup. No. AllowEmptyInput is wrong. It was causing so many problems that it has been removed from later xorg-server releases. Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" is the one that means "dont' use Hal to detect input devices". > Thank you for this hint! This could be added to the handbook :-) > AllowEmptyInput=False should be a default for Xorg IMO we can report it to > the Xorg project! :-) Really, the simplest solution is to build xorg-server with the HAL option disabled. I agree that this should be the default.
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