Comment 112 for bug 278078
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| martin hodges (martin-hodges) wrote | #112 |
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The issue is not resolved, it is only masked. If the xorg.conf file has an InputDevice section that refers to the kbd driver, X reports an error that there is no 'kbd' driver and the odd behaviour occurs.
The bug disappears if all references to the kbd are removed from the xorg.conf file.
All users that upgrade with manually edited xorg.conf files will get hit by this. The documentation concerning the present handling of input devices in xorg is very poor. I use a serial MouseSystems trackball (MEDL actually). Xorg ignores by default all entries in xorg.conf that refer to input devices and keyboards. The normal udev detection works for modern devices but not for older serial devices. The way to enable manual mouse entries is to include the line:-
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
in the ServerLayout section. This enables the manually added sections without disabling autodetected devices. How is the handling of touchpad options managed now?