HOWTO: xorg/x11 without hald/dbus and with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE working

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=7956

There were many questions regarding the oldschool xorg/x11 setup without hald/dbus and with old usefull terminate method by ctrl-alt-backspace, here is a short howto how to achieve this.

1. Install FreeBSD along with x11/xorg or add it by package.

root # pkg_add -r xorg

1.1. Enable and start moused(8) daemon if you already do not have it running.

root # echo moused_enable=/"YES/" >> /etc/rc.conf
root # /etc/rc.d/moused start

2. Generate new config.

root # X -configure

3. Move config to its proper place.

root # mv /root/xorg.conf.new /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf

4. Add needed options to config in sections ServerFlags and InputDevice.

root # vi /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:

Section "ServerFlags"  (...)  Option "DontZap"         "off"  Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"  Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"  (...)  Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"EndSection

The following options are needed to have working x11 without hald/dbus:

Code:

Section "ServerFlags"  (...)  Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"  Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off"EndSection

... and following for "three kings" or CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE terminate keyboard shrtcut:

Code:

Section "ServerFlags"  (...)  Option "DontZap" "off"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"  (...)  Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"EndSection

5. Basic client configuration.

user % cat > ${HOME}/.xinitrc << EOF
xterm &
twm
EOF

6. Start x11/xorg.

user % xinit -- -dpi 75

Example full xorg.conf config:

Code:

Section "ServerFlags"  Option "DontZap"         "off"  Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"  Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"  Identifier "Keyboard0"  Driver     "kbd"  Option     "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"EndSectionSection "ServerLayout"  Identifier  "xorg0"  Screen 0    "screen0"   0 0  InputDevice "mouse0"    "CorePointer"  InputDevice "keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"EndSectionSection "Module"  Load "dbe"  Load "dri"  Load "extmod"  Load "glx"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"  Identifier "mouse0"  Driver     "mouse"  Option     "Protocol"     "auto"  Option     "Device"       "/dev/sysmouse"  Option     "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"EndSectionSection "Monitor"  Identifier "monitor0"  Option     "DPMS"EndSectionSection "Device"  Identifier "gfx0"  Driver     "intel"  Option     "DPMS"EndSectionSection "Screen"  Identifier "screen0"  Device     "gfx0"  Monitor    "monitor0"  SubSection "Display"    Modes "1440x900"  EndSubSectionEndSectionSection "Files"  ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"  FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"  FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"  FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"  FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"  FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"  FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"EndSection

For comparision, for OpenBSD its like that:

1. Install OpenBSD along with xenocara/x11.

2. Basic client configuration.

user % cat > ${HOME}/.xinitrc << EOF
xterm &
twm
EOF

3. Start x11/xorg.

user % xinit -- -dpi 75

ADDED 2009/11/16
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If you would like to disable CAPS LOCK key, then you should make the folllowing change in the xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"  Identifier "Keyboard0"  Driver     "kbd"- Option     "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"+ Option     "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp,ctrl:nocaps"                                                                    EndSection

If you would like to also set other then default keyboard layout, then add this to xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"  Identifier "Keyboard0"  Driver     "kbd"  Option     "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"+ Option     "XkbLayout" "pl"EndSection

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