Bug 147095

Summary: FAQ: mouse does not work with X
Product: Documentation Reporter: casnik <mladen.mintakovic>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Gabor Pali <pgj>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description casnik 2010-05-26 21:40:06 UTC
In "FAQ/Chapter 11/Why does my mouse not work with X?" given sugestion is not enough.

Fix: 

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf add under ServerLayout Section
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
Comment 1 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-05-27 07:08:16 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-doc

reassign to doc team, this is something for the FAQ.
Comment 2 Gabor Pali freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-08-02 12:40:46 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->pgj

Snatch.
Comment 3 Warren Block 2010-08-03 13:55:35 UTC
AllowEmptyInput is not the right way to disable hal input device 
detection and often causes input problems like a draggy mouse or 
keyboard input being buffered until the mouse is moved.  Instead, use

Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
Comment 4 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-08-10 11:11:29 UTC
pgj         2010-08-10 10:11:15 UTC

  FreeBSD doc repository

  Modified files:
    en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml 
  Log:
  - 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>
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.1126    +9 -0      doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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Comment 5 Gabor Pali freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2010-08-10 11:29:10 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

The document has been fixed, the updated version shall be available 
soon.  Thank you for your problem report!