Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:23:15 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hal and KDM breakage (was Re: KDE4 and input events stalled) Message-ID: <49DC50E3.8080600@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1239172068.98664.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <934e1d760904061455o4736d643o1d07e3292192d94c@mail.gmail.com> <1239078081.1908.41.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <49DAE987.7090802@freebsd.org> <1239086408.35025.59.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20090407185915.GY31409@albert.catwhisker.org> <49DBA371.3080804@freebsd.org> <92cd2ff70904071637h362da63ua13c1f8eca6fc616@mail.gmail.com> <1239147806.98664.12.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <92cd2ff70904071653r4bf3b381lf5de220b2e280c0c@mail.gmail.com> <1239150469.98664.18.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <b269bc570904072214n55d93ea6t309c83e5eafbdd5d@mail.gmail.com> <49DC405B.7090208@freebsd.org> <1239172068.98664.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 23:12 -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: >> >> Option 1: Comment out this line from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald >> #start_cmd="hald_start" > > This sounds right, but I have not validated the functionality of an > immediate start of hald on -CURRENT. One problem we were seeing prior > to bland's work, and prior to the delay was that the keyboard and mouse > would lock up if CK was started before init spawned the ttys. So beyond > making sure CK reports the correct active session, you would want to > make sure X is usable at all. I'm using an immediate hald startup right now with the traditional KDM entry in /etc/ttys and everything seems just spiffy. In particular, keyboard and mouse are quite happy. (My only problem right now are some X shutdown issues which I believe to be unrelated.) I'm not sure how to check "CK reports the correct active session", though. Pointers? Tim
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