Bug#207159: does not take any CorePointer automaticaly
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:13, Eduard Bloch wrote:
>
> I tried to make a XF86Config-4 for a system where any time the mouse
> device changes (see below). To make X always start, I did not want to
> set a certain device as CorePointer but expected X to choose one, as
> described in XF86Config-4(5x), line 386. However, it does not choose any
> but fails to start if the CorePointer option is not set on some device.
> Next thing I looked for is an option to force X start without a Core
> input device (I remember there was some) but the manpage does not
> contain any info about it, not does README.mouse.gz.
Are you looking for Option "AllowMouseOpenFail", which is documented in
the XF86Config-4 manpage? Alternatives would be making /dev/input/mice
the core pointer, or using the void driver for it.
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