Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.3+20 On my system, I run an xmodmap which contains pointer = 1 3 2 This swaps right and middle button which I find useful.
If I do this rmmod psmouse modprobe psmouse then when the X server regains its ability to use the mouse, the pointer setting has been forgotten. I noticed this on my IBM Thinkpad R50p, on which I'm using an ancient copy of some hibernation tools which had psmouse in the blacklist for hibernation: the effect was that hibernation lost my mouse settings. (Luckily the psmouse driver seems to be good for hibernation nowadays so I can remove it from the blacklist.) I think the X server should not forget the mappings in this situation. Nor should it forget other parts of its configuration (such as keyboard mappings, key repeat configuration or bell settings). I think this bug likely shares its underlying cause with: #568868 key repeat for caps lock goes away after suspend/resume #582566 bell settings (xset -b) not preserved after suspend/resume #541388 xserver-xorg: Xmodmap settings lost across suspend/hibernate I'm guessing that the data set by xset and xmodmap is nowadays hung off driver-specific stuff in the X server, and gets reinitialised when the devices X is talking to go away and come back. This is not correct of course: from a theoretical point of view xmodmap and xset settings are properties of the server as a whole, and from a practical point of view many systems need to unload and reload drivers during suspend/resume or hibernate/resume. This underlying bug is probably also responsible for the race that I experience on another system, where /etc/X11/Xmodmap_local does not work: it is run too early and the xmodmap sees no keys at all, and apparently X finds the keyboard later but by that time the xmodmap is over and forgotten. I think I reported this to the BTS but I can't find the bug number right now. Thanks, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/19598.47077.638917.446...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
