Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:02:55 +0100 From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek.cedro@gmail.com> To: Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 feels okay :-) Message-ID: <CAFYkXjmfQ_4RPfVerVTh_ZCOKCkimoVS7Ns_kgmLAqH9JYdcag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <509BE78C.50804@gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXjnRzPAkNuc5C0iTNUTe5j=h8ga9VWmE%2BTRdNg_kyJcmFw@mail.gmail.com> <201211062158.qA6Lvt2l039276@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAFYkXjkK6Ls1zVKyeeGWy%2B2bNZqeHGhrxXHKXOpVSY5OkMxrVw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211080838550.51828@wonkity.com> <509BE4D2.2010603@wintek.com> <509BE78C.50804@gmail.com>
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8-bit scene is still alive and rox! :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info On Nov 8, 2012 6:11 PM, "Chuck Burns" <break19@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/8/2012 10:58 AM, Richard Kuhns wrote: > >> On 11/08/12 10:45, Warren Block wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, CeDeROM wrote: >>> >>> I have tested additional options in xorg runtime :-) >>>> >>>> With the patched xorg mouse driver 1.7.1 (or driver version >=1.7.2) >>>> situation is following: >>>> >>>> 1. With hald and dbus no xorg.conf file is needed. However it might bo >>>> option to pass some additional featutes parameters with xorg.conf. >>>> 2. With no hald and dbus mouse and keyboard does not work in xorg unless >>>> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" is added to Section "ServerLayout" by >>>> hand in xorg.conf. Without this option input does not work even if >>>> xorg.conf defines it! AllowEmptyInput=False forces to detect input >>>> deviced >>>> by Xorg at startup. >>>> >>> >>> No. AllowEmptyInput is wrong. It was causing so many problems that it >>> has been removed from later xorg-server releases. >>> >>> Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" is the one that means "dont' use Hal to >>> detect input devices". >>> >>> Thank you for this hint! This could be added to the handbook :-) >>>> AllowEmptyInput=False should be a default for Xorg IMO we can report it >>>> to >>>> the Xorg project! :-) >>>> >>> >>> Really, the simplest solution is to build xorg-server with the HAL >>> option disabled. I agree that this should be the default. >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**current<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current> >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@** >>> freebsd.org <freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >>> >>> >> Just a comment: according to http://wiki.freebsd.org/**VirtualBox<http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox>, >> Hal is still >> required for VirtualBox in order to have host DVD/CD access. >> >> > Doesn't mean xorg-server needs hal. Build xorg-server without hal > support... install hald for virtualbox. Everything still works as it > should... In the meantime, someone should probably write a > devd<->udisks[12] translation daemon.. for things like gnome, kde, xfce, > and virtualbox, which have the udisks linuxisms can actually continue to > work in the future.. > > I'd do it if I had any coding skills... I left those behind when I sold my > Commodore64. :P > > -- > Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com> > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**current<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@** > freebsd.org <freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >
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