Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:21 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <x11@freebsd.org>, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need help untangling Xorg behavior on Haswell board, KMS, etc. etc. Message-ID: <CAN6yY1t_p56XdHmuOUcAcFTGPLVF7aoo5YLzmYK6kYPQBjwPgA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307230756580.56147@wonkity.com> References: <51E99691.1090808@reynoldsnet.org> <51EE6256.4020902@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307230657160.56147@wonkity.com> <51EE8546.6030803@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307230756580.56147@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > On 2013-07-23 14:59, Warren Block wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote: >>> >>> In general, running without a xorg.conf should work, but there are a lot >>>> of different hardware and setups out there, and just because it works on >>>> Linux does not mean it works on FreeBSD without xorg.conf. If you want >>>> to have more control of exactly what's going on, a config is probably to >>>> prefer. >>>> If you use xorg without HAL, you must have a config at least detailing >>>> your input devices for them to work properly. >>>> >>> >>> My experience is that input device sections are not needed unless custom >>> settings are needed in them. X autodetects them fine without HAL. >>> >> >> I've had trouble in the past, at least with mice... >> > > Ah. PS/2 mice, maybe? I admit I have not tried one of those in a long, > long time. > My T520 works well with the "PS/2 mouse". It's actually the TrackPoint mouse, but it looks like a PS/2 mouse to the system. I needed nothing in my config. I am using moused. The only thing in my Xorg.conf file is a list of fonts that I have added. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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