Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:07:10 +0100 From: Sebastien Chassot <seba.bsd@sinux.net> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: xorg 7.4 keyboard localisation (xorg.conf vs hal) Message-ID: <1233670030.1018.8.camel@dhcppc0> In-Reply-To: <1233608705.1492.42.camel@ferret.2hip.net> References: <1233506559.1023.16.camel@dhcppc0> <20090201171920.GB69316@torus.slightlystrange.org> <1233510597.1023.20.camel@dhcppc0> <49861DEA.6050000@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <1233539822.1534.68.camel@ferret.2hip.net> <4987470D.2090406@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <1233603589.1492.27.camel@ferret.2hip.net> <49875B07.2020704@zircon.seattle.wa.us> <1233608705.1492.42.camel@ferret.2hip.net>
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On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 16:05 -0500, Robert Noland wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 12:43 -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > Robert Noland wrote: > > > > > > man xorg.conf search for Input... > > > > > > > > This provides absolutely no help. > > > > I look at my /var/log/Xorg.0.log and it tells me nothing. If I remove > > the keyboard and mouse input devices from xorg.conf, the log tells me > > that it is disabling all input devices and never says anything else. > > There is no evidence that hal does anything that X want to know about. > > How would I detect that my configuration file needs changing? Is there > > a message in Xorg.0.log to look for? Is there a help file somehwere > > which explains how to change your configuration file to allow hal to work? > > > > I cannot find any information anywhere in the system to allow me to > > debug my problems in any way. I want to have fully automatic > > configuration using whatever means will allow it. You explanations > > about the mysterious behavior of hal and xorg do not give me any > > information I can use in any way to solve my problems. > > > > > > > > Set Options "AutoAddDevices" "off" and you have to configure everything > > > like you used to. > > > > > I WANT to use the new facilities. Is it possible to debug my > > configuration problems? Where do I start? How do I enable this magical > > new world of letting hal do things for me? What changes do I make to > > xorg.conf to allow this? > > Ok, are you using gdm, xdm, or startx? > > You need to ensure that dbus and hald are running first. Set > dbus_enable="YES" and hald_enable="YES" in your rc.conf. This FAQ says to remplace dbus/hal by gnome_enable="YES" http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome
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