Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:36:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, kaiorafael@gmail.com Subject: Re: Handbook x-config-quick-start is missing information to configure HAL and DBUS Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1504030921040.11638@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <551EAE4C.1000301@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAF2aHgHNDbPWreuW3WFCrx4OEsX5BvnN9r8ySMXb1tffVDnWbQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1504031045530.22210@multics.mit.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1504030902450.11638@wonkity.com> <551EAE4C.1000301@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 3 Apr 2015, Benedict Reuschling wrote: > Am 03.04.15 um 17:07 schrieb Warren Block: >> >> Yes. xorg-server does not use HAL by default any more. I'm >> tempted to just remove the HAL/DBUS part of the quick start. >> Really, the whole Xorg installation section needs a rewrite. I >> have an outline for that, but not the motivation. > > I'd like to see that happen as well, mainly because of my dislike of > the extra HAL dependency. Warren, maybe we can work on this on > Phabricator? If you can provide your outline we can get it moving > towards a handbook patch sooner. Maybe involving the ports people as > well is also helpful because they should know what needs to be in > there (dependency-wise) and what not. The quick start (which is widely ignored) does have instructions which work with the new no-HAL default. It's been a couple of months since I last worked on the outline, but maybe there is a way we can get people to help with it.
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