Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:52:28 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update to hal 0.5.12 or later? Message-ID: <7F3F0A57-0606-459B-BF7A-8D09F1BA1533@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <1250181604.77213.32.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <C4D6EADD-2A31-48CF-941A-1CEC8C0391B0@lassitu.de> <1250179001.77213.28.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <98A3E383-7F7F-4BA4-9E45-DAF53D7270E2@lassitu.de> <1250181604.77213.32.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Am 13.08.2009 um 18:40 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke: > On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 18:26 +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> Am 13.08.2009 um 17:56 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke: >> >>> On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 17:31 +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: >>>> - hal-probe-vmmouse uses hal-set-property with the --direct switch, >>>> which hal 0.5.11 does not offer. AFAICT, there's no workaround, >>>> since >>>> normal communiation with hald is not possible while it's starting >>>> up. >>>> This means that the X11 driver property will remain set to "mouse" >>>> instead of "vmmouse", prefering the standard driver over the VMware >>>> one. >>>> >>>> Are there plans to update hal to 0.5.12 or newer anytime soon, or >>>> should I try to come up with a patch? >>> >>> Hal has been updated to 0.5.13 in the MarcusCom CVS repository >>> pending >>> the release of GNOME 2.28 in September. You can preview this by >>> going >>> to http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi . >> >> Thanks for the quick reply! >> >> Is there an easy workaround for the hal-set-property --direct issue >> in >> the meantime? Or should I just locally change the fdi to always set >> input.x11_driver=vmmouse? > > I think locally modifying and installing the overriding fdi file is > the > way to go now. Cool. I've submitted ports/137731 with a patch to vmmouse to force this for the time being. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=137731 Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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