Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:51:51 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd mouse issue with new xorg-server Message-ID: <CAN6yY1s=OEU9%2BUvys4K2AJN2dwxXNz_ztBnVPyLsDonARSd2kg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1KLsjUom-Q5pRCdj96Z0O2_oY3dWB=o4dA8baQBCU8mmg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN6yY1sGJV4sbjbJZ_qwhwhmGewnb_AuAKkDCwCvTJAAU1vPHw@mail.gmail.com> <CAFHbX1KLsjUom-Q5pRCdj96Z0O2_oY3dWB=o4dA8baQBCU8mmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: >> I hit a weird one with the new xorg-server. I have previously been >> running the xorg-devel from about 4or 5 months ago, so it's something >> that has happened since then. >> > > This is just a 'me too'. In my case, it seems like restarting hald > allows X to start up and find the mouse. Full details and logs in the > "Strange keyboard/hald issues after upgrading to 9-STABLE and latest > ports" thread. > > I see the current solutions suggest to disable hald, either by > completely disabling it from X, or by "AutoAddDevices off". In my > case, these are not solutions, as I rely on hald noticing when new > keyboards and mice are added to the computer and making them available > to X - I often dock and undock my laptop, the dock has two keyboards > and two mice attached to it. > > I also don't fully understand what the problem is either. Earlier > versions of hald/Xorg were capable of finding my mouse every single > time they started up. These new versions do not seem fit for use. Out of curiosity, does the mouse show up in lshal(1) output before you restart hald? Is there a difference after the restart? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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