Re: XF86Config-4

[Helmut Trinkl <helmut.trinkl@utanet.at>]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:45:56PM -0300, Vitor Silva Souza wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I was browsing through the archives to find a way to make the wheels of my 
> MS Intellimouse work on X. I found a piece of configuration that should be 
> inserted on XF86Config:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> 	Option		"Device"			"/dev/psaux"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"IMPS/2"
> 	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
> 	Option		"Buttons"		"5"
> 	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> 	So, I inserted it as directed, and when I tried to run startx:
> 
> Config Error: /etc/XF86Config:21
> Section "InputDevice"
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> not a recognized section name
> 
> 
> 	Here's the version of xfree that I'm using:
> 
> seattle:/etc# dpkg -l xfree*
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii  xfree86-common 4.0.3-4        X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
> 	What did I do wrong?
> 
> 
> 	When I upgraded xfree86-common from 3.x to 4.x I think I told dpkg to use 
> my config file instead of the maintainer's new version, so it wouldn't stop 
> working. Is there a way to tell X to read new versions of XF86Config, so I 
> can rewrite the config file and add the "InputDevice" section?

Check

man dexconf

It helped me with a mouse problem after upgrading, possibly it helps you
too.

Helmut