On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:03:00PM +0200, Dmitry Borodaenko wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.2.1-16 > Severity: wishlist > > On new kernel-image-2.6.2-1-686 (with disabled INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX, > see #229796) X server fails to open /dev/psaux and aborts, although > it starts and mouse works fine after adding following lines added to > /etc/X11/XF86Config: > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" > EndSection > > This option seems reasonable to add even without this specific problem: > in most sane configurations X is usable even without mouse, some queer > mouse troubles shouldn't leave user completely without X. I don't think this is a good idea without something like a shell script in Xsession.d that queries the server to see if there is a core pointer, and pops up a dialog prompting the user to plug in his serial or USB mouse, and telling him or her how to use Shift+NumLock to enable MouseKeys if he or she does not want to use a mouse. I recently discussed another possibility with some people on IRC, which is to have an init script that logs the state of the input and display devices on every boot, and prompts the user to reconfigure the X server (with dpkg-reconfigure) if they change. Of course, these could both be implemented. It's something to consider for 4.3.0-2. -- G. Branden Robinson | Why should I allow that same God Debian GNU/Linux | to tell me how to raise my kids, branden@debian.org | who had to drown His own? http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Green Ingersoll
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