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Subject: Re: Xorg Problems
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, b. f. wrote:

> Warren Block wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
>>> On 08/19/2010 15:02, Warren Block wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Don't need it in FreeBSD, either. In fact, using it in FreeBSD often
>>>> causes hesitant input characters that only show up when you move the
>>>> mouse. Or a draggy mouse. Or both.
>>
>> Finally got motivated to put together a little writeup on this:
>>
>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
>
> Isn't your summary (and your last section, despite it being
> tongue-in-cheek) misleading, because it says that "AllowEmptyInput" is
> bad, when you actually mean that it is _good_, and that _disabling_ it
> in Xorg.conf is bad? Or am I missing something?

Think of it as having an invisible "To disable hald, using" prefix.

But point taken, I'll look at elaborating.