On Tue, February 15, 2011 12:21 pm, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Warren Block wrote: > > >> There are people who have difficulty with hal, and a much larger number who >> dislike it. I'd contend that problems with hal are not very widespread, or >> there would be a call for the Handbook X11 configuration section to change. > > Just to add something I should have mentioned in the first message: > > > One reason for problems with hal is the use of AllowEmptyInput "Off". > Usually it causes the "sticky mouse pointer" problem, but not always. > So many people were using AEI that I decided to write an article about > it: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html Fun reading, thanks for sharing. :) purely a question of semantics; I notice you consistently use "On" || "Off" Xorg(1) -configure emits "true"||"false" Do you, or anyone else know conclusively whether it's simply a matter of: On||Off||true||false||1||0 or is it /only/ one, or more of the above pairs? Just curious.
In your defense to an earlier comment I made; it essentially /is/ a "crap shoot" when it comes to setting up Xorg(1). While Xorg(1) -configure is intended to get a "functional" version of X(7) up, and running. Hardware, is not Hardware, is not Hardware. So a lot of "trial, and error" /will/ be required to obtain an "optimal" X(7) environment for a specific combination of hardware. :) --Chris > > > The short version of that: don't use AEI at all. If you want to > disable hal device detection in xorg, use AutoAddDevices Off, or build > xorg-server without hal support. > > If anyone has the lockup-on-x-exit problem and is using AEI Off, please > change it to AutoAddDevices Off and see if it makes a difference. It may > also be > due to window manager/desktop environment, or 32- or 64-bit OS. Mine have > mostly been xfce4 on 32-bit 8-stable, which may be why I haven't seen it. > _______________________________________________ > 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"
