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Date:      Tue, 23 Jul 2013 06:59:47 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>
Cc:        John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org>, x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need help untangling Xorg behavior on Haswell board, KMS, etc. etc.
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307230657160.56147@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <51EE6256.4020902@freebsd.org>
References:  <51E99691.1090808@reynoldsnet.org> <51EE6256.4020902@freebsd.org>

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On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote:

> In general, running without a xorg.conf should work, but there are a lot
> of different hardware and setups out there, and just because it works on
> Linux does not mean it works on FreeBSD without xorg.conf.  If you want
> to have more control of exactly what's going on, a config is probably to
> prefer.
> If you use xorg without HAL, you must have a config at least detailing
> your input devices for them to work properly.

My experience is that input device sections are not needed unless custom 
settings are needed in them. X autodetects them fine without HAL.



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