From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 16:59:05 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB79A7B for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:59:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from local.wintek.com (local.wintek.com [72.12.201.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB328FC14 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rjk.wintek.local (172.28.1.248) by local.wintek.com (172.28.1.234) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.1.436.0; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:58:58 -0500 Message-ID: <509BE4D2.2010603@wintek.com> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:58:58 -0500 From: Richard Kuhns Organization: Wintek Corporation User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121029 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) References: <201211062158.qA6Lvt2l039276@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" , "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" , CeDeROM X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: rjk@wintek.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:59:06 -0000 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Just a comment: according to http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox, Hal is still required for VirtualBox in order to have host DVD/CD access. -- Richard Kuhns My Desk: 765-269-8541 Wintek Corporation Internet Support: 765-269-8503 427 N 6th Street STE C Consulting: 765-269-8504 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Accounting: 765-269-8502