On Mon, February 14, 2011 2:35 pm, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Chris H wrote: > > >> I'm /not/ on a GENERIC kernel, but here are some relevant pieces from >> my setup that might help; rc.conf(5) hald_enable="NO" dbus_enable="YES" > > Half a dozen machines here (roughly, it varies) say that hal is fine. > One of those machines is a T42, but needs updating to the latest > 8-stable. Apparently I put the significant files on the FLCL site a > while back: > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=1 > 2947 > > >> xorg.conf(5) Section "ServerLayout" >> Identifier "X.org Configured" >> ... >> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >> >> >> Section "ServerFlags" >> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" >> > > No, please stop doing that. See > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html > > >> Option "AutoAddDevices" "true" >> Option "AutoEnableDevices" "true" >> > > These are defaults. > > >> OH, one other thing that comes to mind; >> Did you let Xorg(1) create your xorg.conf(8) file? and if so (you /should/ >> have), what was the output? Again, if so, is that the conf file you're using >> now? > > Sorry, must disagree with that. -configure creates outmoded xorg.conf > files, with older options that are either no longer needed or outright > obsolete. > It also leaves out useful settings. So basically, Your saying it's all a "crap shoot", a "roll of the dice". The rule is; there is no rule. RTFM does not apply here.
I was only speaking from my own experiences with this same problem. I own, and operate 30 FreeBSD boxes here. They range from 7.x-8.x, with the exception of 1 6.x. This problem began at RELENG_7 for me. I wrestled with it for quite some time - much of it on this mailing list. The only consistent thing I could find, was that DISabling hald(8) eliminated most of the issues I ran into. I discovered this was the same for many others, while reading about others with similar problems on the nVidia/ATI news forums. In fact the same consensus was had on the freebsd forums as well. As far as the Xorg(1) -configure goes. It's interesting that when I choose nvidia-xconfig to create the xorg.conf(5) file, with the exception of the additional nVidia specific options added, the rest looks nearly identical to those produced by Xorg(1) -configure. Well, that's how it all works out for me. Just thought I'd mention it. --Chris > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > -- _______________________________________________ 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"
