FreeBSD 10.0-RC5 Now Available

[Mark Felder]

On Jan 11, 2014, at 14:58, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Jan 2014, Mark Felder wrote:
> 
>> FreeBSD's use of HAL for Xorg is a lazy emulation of how Linux does it.
>> The right way is to hook devd directly, which is what the DEVD option
>> does. Try it -- you'll be surprised how much more reliable it is.
> 
> Or just disable X hotplug device detection with Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off".  I have this off, and can still attach extra keyboards and mice and have them work.

That's interesting. I've never been able to do that with AutoAddDevices being Off. Instead, it only accepts the inputs that were there when you start X and if they are disconnected for any reason you're kind of screwed...

I have a desktop at work with a flaky USB bus that disconnects my keyboard and mouse occasionally and the only reliable way to keep them connected is the recent devd hot plugging feature.
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