Bug#389030: xserver-xorg: does not start (after reboot) if no mouse is attached
On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 15:43 +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Saturday 23 September 2006 14:58, Eddy Petrișor wrote:
> > I have found that if I plug out the USB mouse and restart the system
> > the X server will not start unless th mouse is attached. Removing the
> > mouse after the server has started has no ill effects.
> >
> > Although currently there are almost no systems without a mouse, it
> > shouldn't be a requiremnt for the X server to start.
>
> $ man xorg.conf
> See Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "boolean"
That's not really a good solution though, as it won't allow using the
mouse once the X server is started. It would be better to make sure the
kernel module behind /dev/input/mice gets loaded regardless of whether
there's any mice connected. Longer term, the upcoming X server
input-hotplug support should should solve this cleanly.
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