From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 11 13:59:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB53106566B for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:59:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A43F98FC18 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so976845fxm.34 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:59:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wKn1ppmGLDtcMWQy7bn5xV+MASPIifxyzTpJKvxz6eQ=; b=f46ZbPWrVyvTr8oaCaWPuk+fp8avG3p7a8qvRpULNqtHaGSe0nQri5A1Y+yZY1FUfp tQl1AbZoVus1KVKMABZ3do9ilFcZcaOL5U+c3SP/1TqQ79LogqBeZ6x6RPN/UtM6jOYQ 6bQX9ttn+EieTQ6rYSFSnuKaHwbN3OhMFC9bc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WvpRkLIhioOaneYseQiwaeJp91xMNe7SxRGtkIHiqcnrvf0MzzS+swzFASKv8Lh34o Ht2DfREVbHIeYzhCz0xzv91MI4sPRz5sEx9LXbsAKAwbjLCbUggnhmWjX6auWVVJcyOU d702yGsaPnNUsp1Sv4Rfw9dKtILu5zJzzqtJY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.5.8 with SMTP id 8mr1501190fat.48.1260539940577; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:59:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20091211025508.GA4357@jesters-court.net> <4ad871310912101919j6876f01cp3bd24629ca089fc5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:59:00 -0500 Message-ID: <4ad871310912110559w7a6fdce7s53359a6ceda64399@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org, mpd Subject: Re: upgraded to 8, no mouse is broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:59:02 -0000 On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Glen Barber wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:55 PM, mpd wrote: >>> >>> I just updated my system from 7.2 to 8.0 STABLE. What do I need to do t= o >>> make my mouse work in X again? This system has an unbroken chain of >>> fbsd since 2.2.6, but I'm about to drop it due to this. This is >>> horrible. >>> >> >> Since you have given no information on what the symptoms are, nor on >> what you have tried, I'll take a long-shot here: >> >> Have a look ate the 20090124/20090123 entries of /usr/ports/UPDATING > > That information was current a year ago, but is outdated now. =A0Please s= ee > the Handbook section on X11 configuration instead: > UPDATING is a more familiar source of reference for those without a working Xorg - even moreso if they only have one machine. > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > > More specifically, AllowEmptyInput is a source of problems: > > http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2009-December/003807.html > I suppose this falls under the "works for me" category - I haven't ever used HAL on FreeBSD. --=20 Glen Barber