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Date:      Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:41:35 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        chrisa@uvic.ca
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems with hal in freebsd 7.2 i386
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, chrisa@uvic.ca wrote:
>>> Created a new xorg.conf since it's working with the autoconfig now.
>>
>> And what is in it?
>
> Only this:
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>        option  "AutoAddDevices"        "off"
>        option  "AllowEmptyInput"       "off"
> EndSection
>
> and nothing else.

> It does indeed appear broken. The keyboard and mouse still work, though,
> which doesn't make any sense to me. I don't have any InputDevice sections,
> as you can see, so if hal isn't configuring the keyboard and mouse, what
> is?

X, just like it's doing for the monitor and video card.  Those two lines 
pretty much say "ignore hal and use the standard keyboard and mouse 
drivers".

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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