- Be more specific on how to make the mouse work with recent Xorg

distributions PR: docs/147095 Submitted by: casnik <mladen.mintakovic@inet.hr> Refined by: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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2010-08-10 10:11:15 +00:00 · 2010-08-10 10:11:15 +00:00 · 2e70b485d0 · 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@ -7045,6 +7045,15 @@ options    SYSVMSG          # enable for messaging</programlisting>
   Option          "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
 .....</programlisting>

+	  <para>Starting with &xorg; version 7.4, the
+	    <literal>InputDevice</literal> sections in
+	    <filename>xorg.conf</filename> are ignored in favor of
+	    autodetected devices.  To restore the old behavior, add the
+	    following line to the <literal>ServerLayout</literal> or
+	    <literal>ServerFlags</literal> section:</para>
+
+	  <programlisting>Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"</programlisting>
+
 	  <para>Some people prefer to use
 	    <devicename>/dev/mouse</devicename> under X.  To make this
 	    work, <devicename>/dev/mouse</devicename> should be linked