Bug#255744: xfree86-common: Mouse not found causes gdm to fail -- this *is* annoying
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 11:45 +0200, January Weiner wrote:
> Package: xfree86-common
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7
> Followup-For: Bug #255744
>
>
> I just want to stress the importance of this bug. It is more than a year
> old and it still has not been fixed!
>
> Take the following scenario: a connector is accidentally removed, or the
> user removed the mouse for whatever reason. Suddenly, the system no longer
> starts X! Even though you _can_ work with X without a mouse. I am an
> experienced user and still I had to spend some time to understand what and
> why is happening (if you unplug the mouse after the system created the
> mouse device, everything is fine).
Are you using /dev/input/mice for the mouse? With that, it shouldn't
matter whether any mice are actually connected. If the device node
doesn't exist, it's probably a matter of making sure that the backing
kernel module (mousedev IIRC) is loaded.
Another possibility is running the X server with -allowMouseOpenFail.
I don't really see an X server bug here but rather a system
administration issue.
HTH,
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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