Package: xfree86-common Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 Followup-For: Bug #255744
I just want to stress the importance of this bug. It is more than a year old and it still has not been fixed! Take the following scenario: a connector is accidentally removed, or the user removed the mouse for whatever reason. Suddenly, the system no longer starts X! Even though you _can_ work with X without a mouse. I am an experienced user and still I had to spend some time to understand what and why is happening (if you unplug the mouse after the system created the mouse device, everything is fine). An inexperienced user will really be in trouble. Such "side-effects" are sometimes hard to track. *PLEASE*, do something about that. Exactly such details make Linux/Debian a system not suitable for destkop installations. Yes, we use it nonetheless for teaching. No, it does not work well -- if for any basic problem (like "my X does not start anymore!" - just because a mouse connector fell off) an experienced system administrator must be bothered. January Weiner -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) Versions of packages xfree86-common depends on: ii x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc xfree86-common recommends no packages. -- debconf information: xfree86-common/experimental_packages: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
