latest git xserver without hal causes Hotplugging to be a bit tricky

[Dan Nicholson]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Justin Mattock <justinmattock at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
> Not sure how to really handle this here(maybe I missed something), but
> under xorg.conf
> I see:
>        /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
>        /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
> [   280.713] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> [   280.713] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd',
> 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
> [   280.713] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
> [   280.713] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
> [   280.713] (II) Loader magic: 0x7c9900
> [   280.713] (II) Module ABI versions:
> [   280.713]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
>
> startx works but I've no mouse or keyboard..
> (HAL is not installed)

It's using udev for hotplugging now unless you explicitly told it not
to during the build.

> if I
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>        Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
> EndSection
>
> startx gets me a blank screen.
>
> is there a new option that I need to add to xorg.conf in order to startx
> and have radeon work right as well as the mouse and keyboard?
> or is this dependant on hal and/or device manager?
> (machine is a macbook pro)

Either remove Mouse0/Keyboard0 from your xorg.conf, add the above
ServerFlags to disable hotplugging, or rebuild with
--disable-config-udev to remove hotplugging entirely.

--
Dan