Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:56:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Bob Hall <rjhjr0@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Restarting hal Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907250755160.45709@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20090725084138.f4338065.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090723174350.GA1346@stamfordbru> <20090724085743.9abb7f2e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090724150239.GA1167@stamfordbru> <20090725084138.f4338065.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:02:39 -0400, Bob Hall <rjhjr0@gmail.com> wrote: >> Aside from the ctrl-alt-bksp bug, this has been the easiest X setup I've >> ever done. I've tried it with and without hal and both are easy to set >> up. Given my level of ignorance, that's saying something. I've seen a >> lot of complaints about Xorg's new system, but I like it. > > I'm sure it works very well on up-to-date hardware, but on > older hardware, where all the autodetect magic won't work > properly, problems may occur. Furthermore, if you need to > have a "non-standard" keyboard layout, e. g. the german one, > this has to be set in a different place now. As far as I > know, HAL and DBUS, along with FreeBSD 8, work very well for > different automounting scenarios (CD, DVD, USB). > > Soon I will encounter the joy of the new X modularity > and dependencies. :-) > > It's still worth mentioning that it's possible to run X > in the "old fashioned" way, but DBUS and HAL have to be > excluded at compile time. Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" should disable hal devices even if xorg-server has been built with hal. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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