From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 25 17:55:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 217171065695 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D670D8FC26 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:55:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8PHtK9s024914; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:55:20 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n8PHtJej024911; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:55:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:55:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: kron24 In-Reply-To: <4ABCC2AE.4060205@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20090925123222.GA1176@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> <4ABCC2AE.4060205@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:55:20 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dbus/hal in freebsd 7.2 hangs X11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:55:21 -0000 On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, kron24 wrote: > Dne 25.9.2009 14:32, William Bulley napsal(a): >> According to Giuseppe Pagnoni on Fri, 09/25/09 at >> 03:32: >> >>> I am trying to use hal/dbus on a i386 machine with FreeBSD 7.2 (ports >>> updated to the latest tree snapshot as of yesterday), but despite >>> spending a full day looking up the handbook, faq, and google, I cannot >>> make it work properly. More specifically, when I use either xfce4 or >>> xmonad after having enabled dbus/hald in rc.conf: >>> >>> hald_enable="YES" >>> dbus_enable="YES" >>> >>> both window managers become very unresponsive and hang as if hal was >>> trying to access/mount something. For example, the terminal may take >>> *seconds* to display typed in characters and in xfce if you click on >>> the desktop icons for home directory etc., they don't open up at all >>> in the thunar file manager (they do though, if you right click on them >>> and choose 'open'). [edit] > The same problem on my test machine: > FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 > xfce-4.6.1 > xorg-7.4_2 > I usually run it without dbus+hal and it works fine. > With dbus+hal enabled (just for the sake of test) > I experienced the same hangs. It works here. Can we see your xorg.conf? When you built xorg-server, did you enable hal support? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA