Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:32:43 -0600 From: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) Message-ID: <509A8D2B.9010904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211070920280.41254@wonkity.com> References: <CAFYkXjnRzPAkNuc5C0iTNUTe5j=h8ga9VWmE%2BTRdNg_kyJcmFw@mail.gmail.com> <201211062158.qA6Lvt2l039276@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAFYkXjk1C=R1N4EqZaZc_s=asYwdVfXi7ywOROLhu865uR6hnw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211070920280.41254@wonkity.com>
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On 11/7/2012 10:27 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, CeDeROM wrote: > >> Isn't this a Xorg bug then? When I have no configuration file Hal should >> provide the configuration, so sooner or later the mouse should start >> moving... but is does not.. >> >> Do I get http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html correct that >> when I am using xorg.conf there is no need for Hal and when I am using >> Hal >> there is no need for xorg.conf? > > Not quite, no. xorg.conf is the configuration file for xorg-server. It > can do a lot more than just identify input devices. > > Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" tells xorg-server: even if hal is present > and running, don't use it to detect input devices. > > AFAIK, hal is not used by xorg-server for anything else. All other > autoconfig (video card detection, monitor detection, it even has its own > built-in input device detection) is done by the xorg server itself. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" And, for the record, HAL is NOT needed in recent xorg-server, even for running without an xorg.conf file. This was not the case for a while, but with recent xorg-server, hal is NOT NEEDED even for autodetection. It has been deprecated by the linux folks for a few years now. -- Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>
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