Subject: Re: Oh no! [was Re: two button mouse]
From: Mark Brethen (marbre@dhcp-159-66)
Date: Sat Nov 10 2001 - 14:56:40 MST
On Saturday 10 November 2001 04:28, you wrote:
> Mark Brethen wrote:
> > On Saturday 10 November 2001 03:31, Patrick Smith wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Mark Brethen wrote:
> > > > > Oh no! Everytime I reboot linux it recreates the
> > > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and removes the three button emulation.
> > > > > Why is it doing that?
> > >
> > > I imagine it's being done by this bit in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit:
> > >
> > > if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/Xautoconfig4 ]; then
> > > OFFB=`cat /proc/fb |grep -i 'offb'`
> > > if [ ! -z "$OFFB" ]; then
> > > action "Configuring X11: " /usr/X11R6/bin/Xautoconfig4
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > >
> > > Try commenting that out.
> >
> > Yes, that prevents Xautoconfig4 from writing a new config, but what
> > happens a year from now if I change mice?
>
> Then you edit XF86Config-4 accordingly. Or maybe just run Xautoconfig4
> by hand. What's the problem?
I'm defeating the purpose of the autoconf aren't I? I may not remember a year
from now that I disabled it :-)
--Mark Brethen mbrethen@rochester.rr.com
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