> From: Robert Noland <rnol...@freebsd.org> > Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:29:39 -0500 > Sender: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > > On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:07 +0100, Sebastien Chassot wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 16:05 -0500, Robert Noland wrote: > > > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 12:43 -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > > > Robert Noland wrote: > > > > > > > > > > man xorg.conf search for Input... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This provides absolutely no help. > > > > > > > > I look at my /var/log/Xorg.0.log and it tells me nothing. If I remove > > > > the keyboard and mouse input devices from xorg.conf, the log tells me > > > > that it is disabling all input devices and never says anything else. > > > > There is no evidence that hal does anything that X want to know about. > > > > How would I detect that my configuration file needs changing? Is there > > > > a message in Xorg.0.log to look for? Is there a help file somehwere > > > > which explains how to change your configuration file to allow hal to > > > > work? > > > > > > > > I cannot find any information anywhere in the system to allow me to > > > > debug my problems in any way. I want to have fully automatic > > > > configuration using whatever means will allow it. You explanations > > > > about the mysterious behavior of hal and xorg do not give me any > > > > information I can use in any way to solve my problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Set Options "AutoAddDevices" "off" and you have to configure > > > > > everything > > > > > like you used to. > > > > > > > > > I WANT to use the new facilities. Is it possible to debug my > > > > configuration problems? Where do I start? How do I enable this > > > > magical > > > > new world of letting hal do things for me? What changes do I make to > > > > xorg.conf to allow this? > > > > > > Ok, are you using gdm, xdm, or startx? > > > > > > You need to ensure that dbus and hald are running first. Set > > > dbus_enable="YES" and hald_enable="YES" in your rc.conf. > > > > This FAQ says to remplace dbus/hal by gnome_enable="YES" > > Correct, if you using gnome, that will enable hal and dbus.
Unfortunately, gnome_enable also gives you gdm which is something I really won't put up with. It seems like Gnome is more determined to force gdm use with every release. startx(1) LIVES! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: ober...@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
