On Saturday 31 January 2009 04:57:58 Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 09:29:34PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> >> Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:46:14PM +0100, Ewald Jenisch wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> Today I upgraded my system (ports) so I got x.org 7.4 installed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Given the various entries in /usr/ports/UPDATING about the recent
> >>>> updates for xorg I wonder what the correct settings/combinations are
> >>>> for my installation:
> >>>>
> >>>> I've got hald running as per /etc/rc.conf with hald_enable="YES" as
> >>>> well as moused (moused_enable=YES in rc.conf).
> >>>
> >>> what??? where's hald_enable="YES" documented?
> >>> There's nothing about this in X, dbus, or hald manual pages.
> >>> Perhaps this is why my X servers won't work and dbus keeps complaining
> >>> that it cannot connect..
> >>
> >> rc.conf(5) in the general sense and in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald
> >> specifically.
> >
> > sure, what I meant is where is it documented that X requires hald?
>
> It's the way the xorg-server port threw up an OPTIONS dialogue saying "do
> you want hald support" that tipped me off...
It doesn't if you use BATCH and it's default, or if you configured it way back
when, in the void between short-term and long-term memory.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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