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Date:      Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:59:18 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r188693 - head
Message-ID:  <200902161859.n1GIxIeL083401@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: thompsa
Date: Mon Feb 16 18:59:18 2009
New Revision: 188693
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/188693

Log:
  Add an entry for xorg+hal+USB2 not detecting input devices.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Mon Feb 16 18:51:34 2009	(r188692)
+++ head/UPDATING	Mon Feb 16 18:59:18 2009	(r188693)
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.
 	to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
 	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
 
+20090216:
+	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
+	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
+	add
+		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
+	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
+	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf
+
 20090215:
 	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
 	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a



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