Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:14:22 -0700 From: Robert <traveling08@cox.net> To: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hald freebsd8.0 Message-ID: <20100816071422.4fb63662@asus64> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=8jPB%2BydDhjk=58H8XjPjeincFSCcKQXKLsy-=@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=8jPB%2BydDhjk=58H8XjPjeincFSCcKQXKLsy-=@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:19:26 +0200 n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > The handbook of FreeBSD says about Xorg: you *can* [but need not, I > understand] use HAL to autodetect keyboards and mice. > > I have hald (and dbus) ports installed and running (both > enabled="YES" in /etc/rc.conf) > But I suspect hald causing panic reboots. > > Can one do without hald? > Oucommenting hald_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and reboot will not be > sufficient I guess, > what else should be done, since it will affect X, in order not to > loose keyboard and mouse in > graphical envorinoment? > Here is my config's and is working for me. egrep "(hal|dbus)" /etc/rc.conf # dbus_enable="YES" # hald_enable="YES" cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" Hope this helps. Robert
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