Removing hal from Xorg

Dru

Dru

Hi all,

I checked the hal questions here, and on the net about disabling/removing hal, but found most of the info was about fixing non working keyboards or mice, I just wanted to double check to be sure that I have it right.

If I have in my xorg.conf:
Code: 
Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "0"
    Option "AutoAddDevices"  "0"
    Option "AutoEnableDevices" "0"
EndSection

And my keyboard and mouse still work fine after starting X, that means they will work this way without hal installed, correct?

And the only thing making me have
Code: 
hald_enable="YES"
in my rc.conf is because I built Xorg with it enabled? I mount drives in fstab

Also, should I just run pkg_deinstall for Xorg, and hal, so its deinstalled recursively, and then build Xorg again without hal? Im sure Im forgetting or missing something, I seem to always do. Should I expect my nVidia 173 driver to be broken?

Im just trying to double check, before I go messing too much up. Hate to bother you guys with dumb stuff.

Thanks
 
Actually, best is to recompile Xserver from ports with the HAL option disabled (on by default, so the package will have HAL enabled).
 
aragon,

You mean just recompile /x11-servers/xorg-server? Not full Xorg. I was thinking I could do that, but forgot to mention it, and wasnt really sure at all. I also notice that xorg-dmx is installed, and it has a hal option, so recompiling those both, should do it?

Thank you

vermaden,

Thank you too, I came across your thread a bit earlier, and read through it, but I hadnt added the DontZap or XkbOptions yet. There was definitely some helpful info there, I appreciate it, I just wasnt quite sure how to go about it since I already have it all installed.

Edit: I edited the lines in xorg.conf, as per vermaden's thread, deinstalled xorg-server, made config without hal, recompiled, and then ran pkgdb -F, fixed the errors, commented out dbus, and hal in the rc.conf, and all is good.


Thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated.

Edit2: I had built firefox3 with DBUS on, and while I didnt bother to look for the exact error, I went ahead and deinstalled 3, and recompiled 3.5 without DBUS, also it did break opengl in my nVidia driver, recompiling the nVidia driver, fixed the issue.

org-dmx also wasnt installed, I was mistaken. Now I just have to finish wiping hal from the system.
 
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