On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 02:21:15AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:24:12PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > The priority of mouse template (medium) is too low, and unsuitable for use > > with a LiveCD: Since the /etc/init.d/xserver-xorg script intended for LiveCD > > usage uses "-phigh" when configuring this package, mice won't be configured > > unless they can be configured automaticaly via mdetect, which: > > > > a) doesn't always work > > b) doesn't work on all platforms (currently not available for > > GNU/kFreeBSD) > > > > Please find attached patch to rise priority to high. > > I don't think this template should be high unless the mouse cannot be > detected. On Linux/(i386|amd64|powerpc), which, last I heard, amounted > to well over 95% of Debian archive downloads, /dev/input/mice will > basically always work just fine. So there's no reason to always prompt > if you don't need to; it's insane.
What happens when auto-detection is not performed (either declined by user, or because mdetect is not installed)? Note: On GNU/kFreeBSD, mdetect is not ported yet (see #319921). I'd like to avoid a kernel-specific dissertion, though. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
