On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 19:44 +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After 7.2 release, I'm seeng a huge flow of new users trying FreeBSD.
> This is great, but also I see a lot of questions regarding input
> device configuring in xorg - I believe that really sploils first
> FreeBSD experience for many users.
>
> So, I've got a litte idea on how to improve the situation.
>
> As I understand, currently user is required to do one of following:
> - Make sure hald is running (if xorg is compiled with it)
> - Add AllowEmptyInput "0" to xorg config otherwise
If xorg-server is built without HAL support then the default is swapped
and you don't need to set this. I also have come to prefer Option
"AutoAddDevices" "off" to AllowEmptyInput. That disables all
hot-plugging. I use gnome normally, so I generally just run moused and
let hald do it's thing.
> Thus, extra action is ALWAYS required from user.
>
> The idea is to eliminate those.
>
> The second case can be easily fixed by patching xorg to generate config
> already with AllowEmptyInput included, in case it's built without
> HAL support.
As stated above... If you de-select the HAL option on the port, the
default should get flipped.
> The first case is more complicated and only things I can come with are
> hacks. For example, something like that:
>
> xorg-server/Makefile:
> pre-isntall:
> ${GREP} -q 'hald_enable.*[yY][eE][sS]' /etc/rc.conf || ( ${ECHO_CMD} "You should ..."; ${FALSE} )
Something like this might be reasonable, patches welcome...
> xorg-server/pkg-install:
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start >/dev/null 2>&1
>
> if ! ps auxww | grep -v grep | grep -q hald; then
> echo "hald is not running..., you should"
> fi
This might be overkill. I don't like the idea of the port trying to
start other daemons... The message is fine though.
> Another solution is to make xorg server just run hald itself.
People start X in all sorts of ways... via startx, gdm using the rc
system, xdm or kdm from /etc/ttys. So the only place to do this would
be in the xorg-server code, which isn't going to happen...
robert.
> Any comments?
--
Robert Noland <rnoland_(_at_)_FreeBSD_(_dot_)_org>
FreeBSD
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