On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:15:25 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > retitle 632419 X: please ask for (serial) mouse device name at installation > time if no pointer is detected > reassign 632419 xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1:1.5.0-2 > severity 632419 wishlist > quit > > Hi, > > [email protected] wrote: > > > X works differently in this distribution. I needed a configuration file in > > Lenny to get > > the two separate screens to work. It was not a perfect setup as one screen > > was distorted > > but I found a workaround for that. > > > > In Squeeze, this is no longer necessary, both screens can be configured > > using the Monitors > > menu item, and there is no distortion. > > > > 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.) > Ideally, yes, but serial mice are enough of a corner case these days that they're not worth the complexity.
> > 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. > No. Serial mice should be switched over to inputattach to get a proper input device that X will use. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
