xorg without hal

[doug]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, James Griffin wrote:

> Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com>:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, James Griffin wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to configure X with the need for hald? If I generate and configure an xorg.conf with the appropriate settings, can I turn hald off?
>>
>> Yes.  It depends on the environment, AFAIK KDE and Gnome still want hal.
>> xfce does not need it.
>
> Thanks Warren, I use fvwm2 so I guess that should be fine.

I have never built Xorg. My technique has also been to try HAL and turn if off 
if required. So when/if it does not work:

   #hald_enable="YES"   ==> /etc/rc.conf
   #dbus_enable="YES"

   Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"  ==> /etc/X11/xorg.conf