From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 15:31:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED534106571D for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A992E8FC0A for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LSvLJ-0002p1-By; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:44 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LSvLF-0006zK-6M; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:37 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0UFVaVi082762; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:36 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0UFVSSA082761; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:28 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:28 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Ewald Jenisch Message-ID: <20090130153128.GA82736@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20090130144614.GA4897@aurora.oekb.co.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090130144614.GA4897@aurora.oekb.co.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org-update -> screen garbled / settings for xorg.conf? 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, 30 Jan 2009 15:31:47 -0000 On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:46:14PM +0100, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > Hi, > > Today I upgraded my system (ports) so I got x.org 7.4 installed. > > Given the various entries in /usr/ports/UPDATING about the recent > updates for xorg I wonder what the correct settings/combinations are > for my installation: > > I've got hald running as per /etc/rc.conf with hald_enable="YES" as > well as moused (moused_enable=YES in rc.conf). what??? where's hald_enable="YES" documented? There's nothing about this in X, dbus, or hald manual pages. Perhaps this is why my X servers won't work and dbus keeps complaining that it cannot connect.. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423