Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:19:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Effing HAL Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910300906270.49648@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <370279.86430.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <370279.86430.qm@web56502.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1431835549-1256915524=:49648 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910300918001.49648@wonkity.com> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Neil Short wrote: >> >> 20090123: >> AFFECTS: users of x11-servers/xorg-server >> AUTHOR: rnoland@FreeBSD.org >> .... > > I hate to say this; but I carefully read the UPDATING log you quoted > and used the solution suggested - which did not work for me. It was a temporary solution to a short-term bug. The very next entry: 20090124: AFFECTS: users of x11-servers/xorg-server, sysutils/hal AUTHOR: rnoland@FreeBSD.org sysutils/hal has been updated and should now properly detect mice for in X.org. Use of AllowEmptyInput should no longer be needed for most users and moused should now work fine. Like the forum entries with the obsolete information on installing Flash, it keeps coming back. > It sounds like there is some special extra installation required - and > I have not found the details on it. The Handbook entry on X configuration is mostly complete and correct: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ---902635197-1431835549-1256915524=:49648--
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