[mythtv-users] No mouse/keyboard setup

[Matt Marsh]

"Ray Gaida" <rtgaida at comcast.net> writes:

> I am trying to figure out why my XServer hangs without a mouse plugged in. If I boot with no mouse, Xwindow Server will not load. I have to plug a mouse and reboot to get it to load. 
> 
> Should there be anything special in the XFree86 config file to allow for no mouse/keyboard. Should I just comment out the keyboard/mouse sections? I would like to have the functionality from time to time without having to re-edit the config file.

I think you need to use the following option in your XF86Config:

Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"

According to the XF86Config man page this needs to go in the 
ServerFlags section.

Matt

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