retitle 269407 xserver-common: dexconf needs to be aware of the Linux kernel version when writing InputDevice stanzas for the mouse thanks On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 12:09:02PM +0200, daniel wrote: > This might be the cause for bugs, see for instance: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/02/msg00069.html > According to a private message with the reporter, removing the duplicate > entry solved his problem. > > Indeed, after I manually commented out the second InputDevice line, I > noticed the mouse moving about twice as slow, which suggests that events > were processed twice. > > I'm running kernel 2.6.6-2-686 on a testing/unstable machine. I apologize for taking so long to get back to you about this. I am working on this problem on a branch in the X Strike Force XFree86 Subversion repository[1]. If you don't switch back and forth between 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels, I recommend the following as a workaround: Run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and select "/dev/input/mice" as your mouse port. Alternatively, you could hand-edit your XF86Config-4 file to remove the offending "Configured Mouse" stanza, and the reference to it in the "Server Layout" section. [1] svn://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xfree86/branches/debconf-overhaul -- G. Branden Robinson | Build a fire for a man, and he'll Debian GNU/Linux | be warm for a day. Set a man on branden@debian.org | fire, and he'll be warm for the http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | rest of his life. - Terry Pratchett
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