Bug#281286: xserver-xfree86: Starting X with USB mouse unpluged hardlocks system when Option "AGPMode" "4" used.
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 02:27 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> 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.
I did say 'X server *driver*'.
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