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Bug#281286: xserver-xfree86: Starting X with USB mouse unpluged hardlocks system when Option "AGPMode" "4" used.



On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:05:59PM -0500, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 14:52 -0500, Slaven Peles wrote: 
> > 
> > Perhaps it would be a good idea to put in X documentation that options such as 
> > AGPMode, AGPFastWrite and EnablePageFlip are experimental and may cause 
> > unpredictable problems when nondefault values are used.
> 
> Where did you get the idea that this is _not_ the case for at least the
> majority of X server driver options? There's usually a reason why
> something is an option with a certain default value.

I didn't think it was quite that bad.  *Except* for those in the "Device"
section, most options I see documented in XF86Config-4(5x) shouldn't cause
hardware lockups.

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