Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 12:40:18 -0500 From: Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@mlinux.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/88556: Correct FAQ typo and add more specific information regarding Xorg Message-ID: <200511061740.jA6HeIGK007584@ms-smtp-03.tampabay.rr.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200511061750.jA6HoEbc099405@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 88556
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Correct FAQ typo and add more specific information regarding Xorg
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 06 17:50:14 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kevin Brunelle
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD fnord.quux.edu 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #2: Sat Oct 22 13:58:58 EDT 2005 root@fnord.quux.edu:/drv1/obj/usr/src/sys/FOOKERN i386
>Description:
While talking to a user recently he informed me about an error in the FAQ
regarding this. The file users are told to edit exists in /etc/X11 and not just
/etc. Also, the format the FAQ gives is XFree86 specific and is not the preferred
way to format this section in Xorg. I have corrected the path problem, added a
mention of the alternative name Xorg may be using instead of Xf86Config, and put
in a small bit explaining the alternative format and giving an example of it.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- book.sgml.bak Sun Nov 6 12:20:03 2005
+++ book.sgml Sun Nov 6 12:33:13 2005
@@ -6943,7 +6943,7 @@
<xref linkend="moused" remap="another section"> and set up
moused.</para>
- <para>Then edit <filename>/etc/XF86Config</filename> and make
+ <para>Then edit <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> and make
sure you have the following lines.</para>
<programlisting>Section Pointer
@@ -6955,6 +6955,17 @@
for &xorg; 6.7.0. For earlier versions, the
<emphasis>Protocol</emphasis> should be
<emphasis>MouseSystems</emphasis>.</para>
+
+ <para>For Xorg your configuration may be in
+ <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> and this is the file you should
+ edit. Also, although the pointer section format above is supported, for
+ compatibility reasons, the preferred format is to use an InputDevice
+ section instead. So you would have the following.</para>
+
+ <programlisting>Section "InputDevice"
+Option "Protocol" "SysMouse"
+Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
+.....</programlisting>
<para>Some people prefer to use
<devicename>/dev/mouse</devicename> under X. To make this
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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