>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> writes:
Peter> Technically, disabling AEI is the right suggestion. AEI off forces the Peter> server to init the built-in defaults for input devices (or pick the first Peter> one from the config file). At the same time, hotplugging is still available Peter> with AEI off. Peter> Unfortunatly, in the vast majority of cases users want to simply disable Peter> hotplugging or have a working server while the local HAL configuration is Peter> broken or missing. Disabling AEI will lead to duplicate events, triple Peter> keystrokes, etc. once the configuration works again. Peter> It's not actually required to remove AEI once hotplugging works again, Peter> though it will in many cases lead to a setup that appears broken. Peter> Asking users to disable AutoAddDevices instead means those users disable Peter> hotplugging, can then fix the HAL setup and they _must_ remove the config Peter> line again to test if hotplugging works again. Which doesn't leave them with Peter> a broken config once everything is working nice and dandy. Less bugreports, Peter> everybody wins. Peter> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> Your reasoning is sound. Signed-off-by: James Cloos <[email protected]> -JimC -- James Cloos <[email protected]> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 _______________________________________________ xorg-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
