FYI: new default behavior with XFree86 3.3 (was: Problem with X after upgrading to 1.3.1)

1997-07-21 Thread Martin Weinberg
After much hair pulling, I discovered that XFree86 *now* will look in the user's directory if the user is root for an XF86Config file. >From XF86Config(5): > When an X server is started by a `root' user, it will > first search for an XF86Config file in that user's home >

Problem with X after upgrading to 1.3.1

1997-07-21 Thread Martin D. Weinberg
Folks, After upgrading a machine to 1.3.1 from 1.2, the X11 mouse does not respond but moves rapidly to the upper left corner and can only be moved around the upper edge of the screen. I did not change the XF86Config file after the upgrade. The old/initial pointing device was /dev/psaux and prot