Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:38:30 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Johan Hendriks <Johan@double-l.nl> Subject: Re: mouse issue Message-ID: <200803281538.33185.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080328183706.0636445019@ptavv.es.net> References: <20080328183706.0636445019@ptavv.es.net>
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On Friday 28 March 2008 02:37 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:30:07PM +0100, Johan Hendriks wrote: > > I have updated my ports and thereby gnome to 2.22 and also did a > > buildwolrd of RELENG_7 > > > > Now I have a strange issue that I need to move the mouse to see > > my commands typed I a console or wait a few seconds. > > > > If I open a terminal (in gnome) and do a build of a port then the > > output stops for a moment when I hit an icon on the desktop with > > my mouse. > > > > I do not know how to descripe this any better. > > > > When I stop the moused then everything is working normally > > (without the mouse off course) when I start moused again from a > > terminal in gnome I can type commands but they do not show up in > > the terminal window till I move the mouse. > > The problem has been tracked down and can be worked around by > re-installing the xorg-server with HAL disabled. > > cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server > make config (uncheck the top entry for HAL) > portupgrade -f xorg-server I found recompilation is not needed. Undocumented option "autoAddDevices" "false" in ServerFlags or ServerLayout section should do. > I fix for the problem should be committed in a day or two. One part > is still under test and flz needs to approve (and probably make the > commit) for the xorg part of the fix. The Gnome hald part is > probably already committed. Or test the following patches: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200803281513.16819.jkim Thanks, Jung-uk Kim
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