git: 7bf76004f6 - main - handbook: Add a warning about outdated HAL bits
Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by 0mp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=7bf76004f63f093ae7839ab82e4645c83cbac22a commit 7bf76004f63f093ae7839ab82e4645c83cbac22a Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2021-12-12 23:08:13 +0000 Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2021-12-12 23:08:13 +0000 handbook: Add a warning about outdated HAL bits HAL is no longer a part of the FreeBSD desktop setup. We have to remove documentation explaining how to use it. For now add a warning so that users are aware that this section needs some editing. --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/x11/_index.adoc | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/x11/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/x11/_index.adoc index 5f1bc5517c..da79e51ce2 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/x11/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/x11/_index.adoc @@ -1417,6 +1417,11 @@ Input devices may then be configured as in previous versions, along with any oth [NOTE] ==== +[WARNING] +===== +This section contains partially outdated information. +The HAL daemon (hald) is no longer a part of the FreeBSD desktop setup. +===== As previously explained the hald daemon will, by default, automatically detect your keyboard. There are chances that your keyboard layout or model will not be correct, desktop environments like GNOME, KDE or Xfce provide tools to configure the keyboard. However, it is possible to set the keyboard properties directly either with the help of the man:setxkbmap[1] utility or with a hald's configuration rule.