On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
>> How can you tell whether this option is turned on by default
>> or not? xorg.conf(5) indicates that the default is platform
>> dependent and that this option in general should only be used
>> as a work-around to a bug until fixed.
>
> The X documentation is full of lies.
I see.
Seems a few have had issues with this option. I turned it off last
night and have been using it on my ibook G4 (macppc) for a good bunch
of hours with no adverse effects.
$ grep SIGIO /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[3379048.700] (**) Option "UseSIGIO" "false"
[3379048.700] (**) Disabling SIGIO handlers for input devices
This is on a slightly older snapshot:
$ sysctl kern.version
kern.version=OpenBSD 4.8-beta (GENERIC) #84: Tue Aug 3 10:03:35 MDT 2010
dera...@macppc.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
--patrick
