On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Warren Block <wblock_at_wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > Also by Benjamin Kaduk : >> >> >> Has this computer successfully run other versions of FreeBSD with X? >> I seem to recall there can be odd interactions with hald, xorg.conf, and >> others. Some googling brings up >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html which seems to cover >> many of >> the relevant issues. >> >> -Ben Kaduk >> >> >> -------------------------- >> >> After the above messages , >> on the same computer , I have installed the FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 amd64 again . >> >> I have generated an xorg.conf file . >> >> Into the xorg.conf file and ServerLayout part , I have inserted >> >> Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" >> >> The USB Mouse and Keyboard , Fluxbox started to work as expected in the >> graphical mode under X . >> >> >> Without the above statement about Option , the error message is : >> >> (EE) config/hal : couldn't initialise context . unknown error (null) >> > > This line appears if x11-servers/xorg-server was built with the HAL option > enabled. > > In FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 i386 , such a step is NOT necessary . >> > > They should be the same. On i386, maybe xorg-server was built with the HAL > option disabled? I do not know because I am using downloaded .iso files as they are supplied in mirrors without any modification . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol SanliturkReceived on Tue Oct 25 2011 - 18:52:12 UTC
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