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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:58:58 -0500
From:      Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>
Subject:   Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-)
Message-ID:  <509BE4D2.2010603@wintek.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211080838550.51828@wonkity.com>
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On 11/08/12 10:45, Warren Block wrote:
> 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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Just a comment: according to http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox, Hal is still
required for VirtualBox in order to have host DVD/CD access.

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