Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:57:58 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org-update -> screen garbled / settings for xorg.conf? Message-ID: <498458E6.7020108@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090131134750.GA66686@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20090130144614.GA4897@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20090130153128.GA82736@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <4983713E.5010800@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20090131134750.GA66686@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 09:29:34PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>> Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:46:14PM +0100, Ewald Jenisch wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Today I upgraded my system (ports) so I got x.org 7.4 installed.
>>>>
>>>> Given the various entries in /usr/ports/UPDATING about the recent
>>>> updates for xorg I wonder what the correct settings/combinations are=
>>>> for my installation:
>>>>
>>>> I've got hald running as per /etc/rc.conf with hald_enable=3D"YES" a=
s
>>>> well as moused (moused_enable=3DYES in rc.conf).
>>> what??? where's hald_enable=3D"YES" documented?
>>> There's nothing about this in X, dbus, or hald manual pages.
>>> Perhaps this is why my X servers won't work and dbus keeps complainin=
g
>>> that it cannot connect..
>>>
>> rc.conf(5) in the general sense and in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald specif=
ically.
>=20
> sure, what I meant is where is it documented that X requires hald?
It's the way the xorg-server port threw up an OPTIONS dialogue saying "do=
you
want hald support" that tipped me off...
Cheers,
Matthew
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