From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 11 14:13:00 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 3899A1065672 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:13:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [212.204.60.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E97058FC20 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:12:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (unknown [88.130.214.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 885918A1116; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:48:28 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B224DAB.7080700@bsdforen.de> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:48:27 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091126) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block References: <20091211025508.GA4357@jesters-court.net> <4ad871310912101919j6876f01cp3bd24629ca089fc5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Glen Barber , 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 14:13:00 -0000 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 to >>> 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 That information was current a year ago, but is outdated now. Please > see the Handbook section on X11 configuration instead: > > 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 That is, if you think HAL can be fixed. A deluded assumption in my opinion. HAL is broken by design and should not be activated. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?