> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, chr...@uvic.ca wrote: > >>> Add the following to your X11 config and see what you come up with. >>> >>> Section "ServerFlags" >>> option "AutoAddDevices" "off" >>> option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" >>> EndSection >>> >>> Best regards >> >> All right, I did that. > > What are you trying to fix with those entries?
Nothing. I was just doing it to see what happens. > >> Created a new xorg.conf since it's working with the autoconfig now. > > And what is in it? Only this: Section "ServerFlags" option "AutoAddDevices" "off" option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" EndSection and nothing else. > >> The mouse and keyboard still work, and Xorg.0.log follows. > >> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) >> (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard >> (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) > > Well, that's broken. Look, there are basically two ways to configure > keyboard and mouse for xorg. There's the old way, where you have > InputDevice entries for them in xorg.conf. > > Then there's the new way, where you run hal and let it handle the > keyboard and mouse for xorg. No InputDevice sections are needed. For > example, here is my xorg.conf from the Acer Aspire One. Note the lack > of InputDevice sections and those magic ServerFlags options. It does indeed appear broken. The keyboard and mouse still work, though, which doesn't make any sense to me. I don't have any InputDevice sections, as you can see, so if hal isn't configuring the keyboard and mouse, what is? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"