On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 13:03:08 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > 2012/8/4 Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>: > >> I get this critical error when trying to start X server on kfreebsd-i386: > >> > >> [ 175.651] (EE) config/hal: couldn't find input device: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited (Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1) > >> > >> I've verified that this is caused by the HAL mess, as disabling HAL in > >> debian/rules fixes the problem (however, for some awkward reason then > >> mouse stops working, even though it's been detected). > > > > It's about time to wake up. I initially raised that issue in Feb 2011, > > and nobody cared. You'll have to do some work here. > > Can't you just disable HAL? There's no reason we have to treat HAL > problems as porting issue. All other platforms have already disabled > it and are not suffering from this problem. > Other platforms (well, Linux) has a replacement that provides proper multi-device and hotplug support. On bsd, afaik, that means hal... Cheers, Julien
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