From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 23 13:29:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE78EE for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:29:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zeising@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (mail.lysator.liu.se [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f0a0::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A43B42E6D for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E18540002 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 5357A40006; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 Received: from mx.daemonic.se (mx.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BD32240002; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailscanner.daemonic.se (mailscanner.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::6]) by mx.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3c00sd0LDkz8hVn; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemonic.se Received: from mx.daemonic.se ([IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::3]) (using TLS with cipher CAMELLIA256-SHA) by mailscanner.daemonic.se (mailscanner.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::6]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTPS id DfcF5iKj82Sc; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.daemonic.se (mail.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::4]) by mx.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3c00sZ4FFrz8hVm; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (celes.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:1::3]) by mail.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3c00sZ1vd8z9Ctj; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:38 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <51EE8546.6030803@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:29:42 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block Subject: Re: Need help untangling Xorg behavior on Haswell board, KMS, etc. etc. References: <51E99691.1090808@reynoldsnet.org> <51EE6256.4020902@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130723-0, 2013-07-23), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: John Reynolds , x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:29:46 -0000 On 2013-07-23 14:59, Warren Block wrote: > 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. I've had trouble in the past, at least with mice... Regards! -- Niclas