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ok, applied to 2.1rc2 and 2.2beta2, thanks guys

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikolai V. Ivanyushin [mailto:nvi-roI94d3pjm8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2005 06:42 a.m.
To: Pieter Hoekstra
Cc: thinstation-developer-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Thinstation-developer] Change requests for X (security/usb
mice)

Hi all,
I have the same problem with mdetect doesn't detect USB mouse attached to
notebook. Inspired by Pieter I wrote a small patch.

Pieter Hoekstra wrote:
> I have 2 little change requests for X:
>
> 1. Adding the option "-nolisten tcp" to the Xserver in the x init script.
> I've added it like this: X_CMD="$X_CMD -nolisten tcp"
> This prevents X from opening tcp port 6000, and makes a thinclient
> imho more secure for possible worms and exploits.
>
>
> 2. Always add an secondary USB mouse device to XF86Config. I needed
> this, so my laptop could use both the PS/2 and the USB mouse. Besides
> that, mdetect does not always detect USB mouse devices correctly. With
> my settup, I haven't run in any mouse problems yet.
>
> I added the following text to xorg6/lib/X11/XF86Config-Xorg.tpl, but
> the ServerLayout section is a bit hackish: (works for me, though)
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse2"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Screen0"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Mouse2"
> EndSection
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pieter Hoekstra

--
SY
Nikolai

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