Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:10:36 -0600 From: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) Message-ID: <509BE78C.50804@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <509BE4D2.2010603@wintek.com> References: <CAFYkXjnRzPAkNuc5C0iTNUTe5j=h8ga9VWmE%2BTRdNg_kyJcmFw@mail.gmail.com> <201211062158.qA6Lvt2l039276@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAFYkXjkK6Ls1zVKyeeGWy%2B2bNZqeHGhrxXHKXOpVSY5OkMxrVw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211080838550.51828@wonkity.com> <509BE4D2.2010603@wintek.com>
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On 11/8/2012 10:58 AM, Richard Kuhns wrote: > 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. > Doesn't mean xorg-server needs hal. Build xorg-server without hal support... install hald for virtualbox. Everything still works as it should... In the meantime, someone should probably write a devd<->udisks[12] translation daemon.. for things like gnome, kde, xfce, and virtualbox, which have the udisks linuxisms can actually continue to work in the future.. I'd do it if I had any coding skills... I left those behind when I sold my Commodore64. :P -- Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>
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