On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 15:43 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 23 September 2006 14:58, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > > I have found that if I plug out the USB mouse and restart the system > > the X server will not start unless th mouse is attached. Removing the > > mouse after the server has started has no ill effects. > > > > Although currently there are almost no systems without a mouse, it > > shouldn't be a requiremnt for the X server to start. > > $ man xorg.conf > See Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "boolean"
That's not really a good solution though, as it won't allow using the mouse once the X server is started. It would be better to make sure the kernel module behind /dev/input/mice gets loaded regardless of whether there's any mice connected. Longer term, the upcoming X server input-hotplug support should should solve this cleanly. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer