A couple of problem with xorg-server 1.7.3

[Gregoire Gentil]

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 14:11 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:54:09AM +0800, Gregoire Gentil wrote:
> > I'm using xorg-server 1.7.3 on an ARM device and I have a couple of
> > problems. Perhaps I can get some hints from the mailing lists.
> > 
> > First, since the version later than 1.5.3, X takes a very long time to
> > start, especially I have a blank screen for almost seven seconds! :-( I
> > would like to know how I can debug what X is trying to do during this
> > very long time. Can I put more debug version especially with timing
> > info? What can I do to investigate? I copy paste the Xorg.0.log file
> > below.
> > 
> > Secondly, I have a null driver loaded below because /dev/input/event3 is
> > an accelerometer. Is there a way to tell X to discard
> > a /dev/input/eventX reported by hal? Or is there a hal policy to tell X
> > not to try this event?
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration, search for
> "remove key".
> 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > 	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> > 	Driver		"mouse"
> > 	Option		"CorePointer"
> > 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
> > 	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
> > 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > 	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
> > 	Driver		"kbd"
> > 	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
> > 	Option		"XkbRules"		"xorg"
> > 	Option		"XkbModel"		"pc105"
> > 	Option		"XkbLayout"		"us"
> > EndSection
> 
> Just FYI, the log says about those two sections:
>     (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or
>     'vmmouse' will be disabled.
> 
> You can just remove them, they don't really serve a purpose in your setup.
Thanks for the email. If I put another XkbLayout, would it be in use? Or
the whole section is totally ignored?



> > Section "ServerFlags"
> > 	Option		"DontZap"		"False"
> > EndSection
> 
> DontZap is the default since IIRC 1.6.1, not needed unless you want to
> disable it extra-hard :)
I think that I will keep this because I want to be able to zap hence the
"False". I guess that it's True by default. Correct?

Grégoire