Hi again,
Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> a...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>> 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.
Hm, /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-mouse/README.gz says:
The old Pointer section has been replaced by a more general
InputDevice section. The following is a minimal example of an
InputDevice section for a mouse:
Section "InputDevice"
[...]
That text dates back to long ago (before version 1.1.2 of the X mouse
driver at least), and the example xorg.conf you sent uses an InputDevice
section, so I assume you're doing okay there. More to the point,
/usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg/NEWS.Debian.gz says:
xserver-xorg (1:7.4+1) unstable; urgency=low
* Changes in handling of input devices
Starting from this version, input devices are no longer configured
statically in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Instead, input devices are
detected at
runtime (and can be hotplugged) and configured individually. The
default
keyboard layout is shared with the console and is configured in
/etc/default/keyboard. As a result, devices configured in xorg.conf
to
use the mouse or kbd driver are ignored by the X server by default.
For more details, see:
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/12/evdev-xorgconf-hal-and-other-fud.html
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-keyboard-configuration-handling.html
and continues by explaining that one might need to disable
AutoAddDevices to keep manual configurations working. Perhaps that
information was not shown on upgrade for some reason.
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