9.1-RC3 feels okay :-)
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Nov 8 19:20:25 UTC 2012
On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 08:45 -0700, Warren Block wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, CeDeROM wrote:
>>
>>> I have tested additional options in xorg runtime :-)
>>>
>>> With the patched xorg mouse driver 1.7.1 (or driver version >=1.7.2)
>>> situation is following:
>>>
>>> 1. With hald and dbus no xorg.conf file is needed. However it might bo
>>> option to pass some additional featutes parameters with xorg.conf.
>>> 2. With no hald and dbus mouse and keyboard does not work in xorg unless
>>> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" is added to Section "ServerLayout" by
>>> hand in xorg.conf. Without this option input does not work even if
>>> xorg.conf defines it! AllowEmptyInput=False forces to detect input deviced
>>> by Xorg at startup.
>>
>> No. AllowEmptyInput is wrong. It was causing so many problems that it
>> has been removed from later xorg-server releases.
>
> This is disturbing news. We build embedded systems at work that use X
> for presentation and have no input devices. I understand that
> AllowEmptyInput is inappropriate to work around the problem we're
> discussing here, but that doesn't mean it's never needed.
The xorg folks should be able to suggest the right replacement.
>> Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" is the one that means "dont' use Hal to
>> detect input devices".
>>
>>> Thank you for this hint! This could be added to the handbook :-)
>>> AllowEmptyInput=False should be a default for Xorg IMO we can report it to
>>> the Xorg project! :-)
>>
>> Really, the simplest solution is to build xorg-server with the HAL
>> option disabled. I agree that this should be the default.
>
> So if you're using xorg-server that was built with hal included (maybe
> because you're more a package than a ports kind of person and have no
> control over the build), is AutoAddDevices still the right option to
> manipulate? That is, will it disable the use of hal and fall back to
> honoring the xorg.conf input devices even if the server was built with
> hal support?
xorg-server with hal support and AutoAddDevices Off in xorg.conf should
be equivalent to xorg-server built without hal support.
Put another way: if xorg-server is built without hal support,
AutoAddDevices is irrelevant, it can't use hal for input device
detection anyway.
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