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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:42:58 -0600
George Sherwood <pilot AT beernabeer.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:34:32 -0800
> Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:
> 
> > All,
> > 
> > If, after updating to xorg-server 1.5.3, you no longer have the use
> > of a standard keyboard or mouse (using the kbd or mouse drivers),
> > you will want to add the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
> > 
> > Section "ServerFlags"
> >         Option  "AllowEmptyInput"       "false"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > 
> > Otherwise devices using the kbd and mouse drivers will be disabled.
> > Devices using other inputs (e.g. synaptics or evdev) will continue
> > to work fine (with or without the above).
> 
> Sandalle,
> Thanks for figuring this out.  When I updated to xorg-server
> 1.5.3, X was froze up for me.  Sounds like not really frozen
> just no input devices available.

Yup, I had the same issue, though my touchpad uses synaptics, so that
still worked and I could logout without a hard reboot (no keyboard to
do CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE). :) This was right before Adrienne wanted me to
join her in some gaming fun, so I was in a small panick. ;)

I've also added this tidbit to http://www.sourcemage.org/FaqUsage.

-sandalle

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