From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 23 16:31:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16AD1B00; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-x233.google.com (mail-oa0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8E2C28AA; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id i4so11791246oah.10 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Cpb9p+WUdZXmrGDbrz/xKpiw5phaA0mxfGVmAfAqJZ0=; b=DW9n+ftz8ta1qMyfejUiZhcgDGf1pwX5cTZOLGVm/KM4atVYEzlGAXH1hWW2ZiiD1C ljg9k1DxjrJsCadga/f7yhncp1IduHD2eJJUCnpuV1CNI6ZhofwB/9eSJssolKiXiRcb 2wQYQ+zIc39VkDE6CjSCEHXpdzEzxAvjzSE+xnUkf62/P3qCcjb5Wv+3XHnXKUG2uKeo v6Njmi1ZIp3eaiVjq4r5qsVW7BmOi7xV4MIhJ5AcTd0/Gs66Ab61CTKcXvzWaSTcAkJB g+cVkNA1MzuSa84e0o7gpO36d1zH7/N0FYFwezr+RjpXC4TKFCtyQU42Bdmr6iaXh0vn 6n7A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.102.202 with SMTP id fq10mr31910663oeb.42.1374597082017; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:22 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.112.212 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <51E99691.1090808@reynoldsnet.org> <51EE6256.4020902@freebsd.org> <51EE8546.6030803@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:31:21 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lNy-CnaqthRQK1GKo8oFUWiUOYk Message-ID: Subject: Re: Need help untangling Xorg behavior on Haswell board, KMS, etc. etc. From: Kevin Oberman To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: John Reynolds , "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" , Niclas Zeising X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:31:23 -0000 On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > On 2013-07-23 14:59, Warren Block wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Niclas Zeising wrote: >>> >>> In general, running without a xorg.conf should work, but there are a lot >>>> of different hardware and setups out there, and just because it works on >>>> Linux does not mean it works on FreeBSD without xorg.conf. If you want >>>> to have more control of exactly what's going on, a config is probably to >>>> prefer. >>>> If you use xorg without HAL, you must have a config at least detailing >>>> your input devices for them to work properly. >>>> >>> >>> My experience is that input device sections are not needed unless custom >>> settings are needed in them. X autodetects them fine without HAL. >>> >> >> I've had trouble in the past, at least with mice... >> > > Ah. PS/2 mice, maybe? I admit I have not tried one of those in a long, > long time. > My T520 works well with the "PS/2 mouse". It's actually the TrackPoint mouse, but it looks like a PS/2 mouse to the system. I needed nothing in my config. I am using moused. The only thing in my Xorg.conf file is a list of fonts that I have added. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com