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Hi,
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
axst@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
Moreover, the configuration does not work anymore as it is; it causes errors.
What are those errors? That might be an X bug. (Ideally, upgrades of
any program should not break working configurations without warning.)
Quite. I am at a different computer now; one thing I specifically remember is X
complaining about "fbcon" missing even though nothing of that name is mentioned in the
config file. Accessing the two heads did not work immediately, either. I stopped trying
quickly because everything except the serial mouse worked out of the box (more or less).
But even if I make it work or create a barebones X configuration file just with the
Pointer Device set to /dev/ttyS0, the pointer is not functional.
If this is true and xserver-xorg-input-mouse is installed, then it
would definitely be an X bug.
Interesting. I'll have to check this. I was not aware of the necessity of installing extra
packages for X. If it works with Input Attach, doesn't that mean all parts of X are
functional?
program, since the general approach to X installation nowadays is to
autodetect as much as possible.
The idea of a debconf prompt when installing and no pointer device is
present sounds more interesting, though it might be hard to get right.
Reassigning to the X maintainers in case someone there is interested.
Thanks for writing, and hope that helps.
Thank _you_. This sounds like the perfect approach, as it will get GPM &c. configured as
well.
Cheers,
Axel
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