Changeset 129e3680

Timestamp:

11/26/2008 10:37:21 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

f49893b

Parents:

759586e

Message:

Added instructions to exclude evdev on x testing.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@7619 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/installing/x-setup.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] - Added instructions to exclude the use of evdev driver
+          when testing the xorg server.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Moved /etc/X11 symlinks to x-setup page.</para>
         </listitem>

x/installing/x-setup.xml

@@ -118 +118 @@
 XFREE86 -->
 
-    <para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the
-    monitor.  This command will create a file in your
-    home directory, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> for
-    <application>Xorg</application>, or <filename>XF86Config.new</filename>
-    for <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
+    <para>The screen will go blank and you may hear some clicking of the
+    monitor.  This command will create a file,
+    <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename>, in your home directory.</para>
+
+    <para>Recent versions of <application>xorg-server</application> force the
+    use of the evdev input driver, and ignore legacy input devices definded in
+    <filename>xorg.conf</filename>.  This will result in an X display that
+    seems to lock up if you are using legacy input devices and do not have the
+    proper input configuration files in place (added later).  Add the following
+    lines to the new <application>Xorg</application> configuration file to
+    overcome this issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; ~/xorg.conf.new &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+Section "ServerFlags"
+        Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
+EndSection
+EOF</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Edit the newly created configuration file to suit your system. The