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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:39:53 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Mouse stopped working in X
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904141525440.18251@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090414221842.730af4ec.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Polytropon wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:22:34 -0500, Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Could you tell me please where the changes to the xorg.conf file which are
>> necessitated by 7.4 are documented?

The most recent change to xorg-server-1.6 are only in xorg.conf(5). 
That would be DontZap defaulting to On.  Oh, and a black root window 
instead of black/white grid.

> I think they are mentioned in /usr/ports/UPDATING

Not the most recent ones, and the older ones 
(AllowEmptyInput/AutoAddDevices are only needed sometimes.

> - I haven't updated my X yet due to the trouble it seems to cause... :-)

Remember what Mark Twain said about cats and stoves.

At present, ati/radeon should be pretty good.  Intel maybe not as good, 
no idea about nVidia or others.

Last night, I posted a sample xorg.conf here:

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=91549+0+current/freebsd-x11

It may be helpful to use it as a minimal example of the way things can 
be configured now.  Although I did forget to point out the use of hal 
eliminates the need for input driver declarations, so I'll do it here:

That xorg.conf is set for dbus_enable="YES" and hald_enable="YES" in 
/etc/rc.conf.  I also use moused_enable="YES".  xorg-server can be built 
without hal support.  If you do that to avoid needing hal, well, then 
you need those input device sections in xorg.conf again.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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