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Date:      Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:38:30 -0400
From:      Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Johan Hendriks <Johan@double-l.nl>
Subject:   Re: mouse issue
Message-ID:  <200803281538.33185.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080328183706.0636445019@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20080328183706.0636445019@ptavv.es.net>

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On Friday 28 March 2008 02:37 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:30:07PM +0100, Johan Hendriks wrote:
> > I have updated my ports and thereby gnome to 2.22 and also did a
> > buildwolrd of RELENG_7
> >
> > Now I have a strange issue that I need to move the mouse to see
> > my commands typed I a console or wait a few seconds.
> >
> > If I open a terminal (in gnome) and do a build of a port then the
> > output stops for a moment when I hit an icon on the desktop with
> > my mouse.
> >
> > I do not know how to descripe this any better.
> >
> > When I stop the moused then everything is working normally
> > (without the mouse off course) when I start moused again from a
> > terminal in gnome I can type commands but they do not show up in
> > the terminal window till I move the mouse.
>
> The problem has been tracked down and can be worked around by
> re-installing the xorg-server with HAL disabled.
>
> cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server
> make config (uncheck the top entry for HAL)
> portupgrade -f xorg-server

I found recompilation is not needed.  Undocumented option 
"autoAddDevices" "false" in ServerFlags or ServerLayout section 
should do.

> I fix for the problem should be committed in a day or two. One part
> is still under test and flz needs to approve (and probably make the
> commit) for the xorg part of the fix. The Gnome hald part is
> probably already committed.

Or test the following patches:

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200803281513.16819.jkim

Thanks,

Jung-uk Kim



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