Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:25:39 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Just trying to point out the options, and that a one-line change in xorg.conf is lower impact than rebuilding xorg-server. That's of course very useful knowledge. There are other workarounds to get the

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-25 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:02:39 -0400, Bob Hall rjh...@gmail.com wrote: Aside from the ctrl-alt-bksp bug, this has been the easiest X setup I've ever done. I've tried it with and without hal and both are easy to set up. Given my level of ignorance, that's saying something. I've seen a lot of

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-25 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:02:39 -0400, Bob Hall rjh...@gmail.com wrote: Aside from the ctrl-alt-bksp bug, this has been the easiest X setup I've ever done. I've tried it with and without hal and both are easy to set up. Given my level of ignorance, that's

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-25 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:56:17 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Option AutoAddDevices Off should disable hal devices even if xorg-server has been built with hal. I'm aware of this. There are other workarounds to get the default stuff working again (option Don't-Zap for

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-25 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:56:17 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Option AutoAddDevices Off should disable hal devices even if xorg-server has been built with hal. I'm aware of this. Just trying to point out the options, and that a

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Hall
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 08:41:38AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:02:39 -0400, Bob Hall rjh...@gmail.com wrote: Aside from the ctrl-alt-bksp bug, this has been the easiest X setup I've ever done. I've tried it with and without hal and both are easy to set up. Given my level

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-24 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:43:50 -0400, Bob Hall rjh...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to get hal to reload its configuration withou rebooting? I've tried sending a HUP signal and I've tried rc.d/hal restart, but so far rebooting is the only thing that works properly. Maybe it's neccessary to

Re: Restarting hal

2009-07-24 Thread Bob Hall
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 08:57:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:43:50 -0400, Bob Hall rjh...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to get hal to reload its configuration withou rebooting? I've tried sending a HUP signal and I've tried rc.d/hal restart, but so far rebooting is

Restarting hal

2009-07-23 Thread Bob Hall
Thanks to Manolis Kiagias's suggestion, I was able to get ctrl+alt+bksp working in xorg again. However, I've noticed that just restarting hal leaves me with no mouse or keyboard in X. I have to reboot the system to get a mouse keyboard in X. Is there a way to get hal to reload its configuration