On 07/14/12 11:07, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:58:22AM +0200, Niclas Zeising wrote:
On 2012-07-14 09:07, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
I thought HAL was deprecated anyways, why not simply disable it by default
across the gang? I've never enabled it and X server always runs fine.
The issue with HAL is that, while it is deprecated in the Linux
community, we in the FreeBSD project does not have a replacement for
HAL, wrt automatic mounting of usb drives (which can probably be solved
using devd) and device recognition and addition in xorg (which is harder
to solve). A lot of people expect to ust be able to run "startx" and
have it recognize a mouse, keyboard etc. With that said, it is quite
possible, and very simple to run x without hal. But then you need a
xorg.conf, and you won't get automatic recognition of devices
(keyboards, mice) that are plugged in after you've started x, regardless
of whether they are in xorg.conf or not.
Regards!
Understood. I never wanted automounting and do not own an USB keyboard,
however, plugging USB or bluetooth mice always worked for me without HAL.
Perhaps I just have a lucky xorg.conf. ;-)
./danfe
I usually have trouble with my USB mouse if I forget to plug it in
before starting x. Plugging it out while running x, and then plugging it
back in usually works though.
Regards!
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Niclas Zeising
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