On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:54:02PM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 08:47:15AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 02:21:15AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > > > I don't think this template should be high unless the mouse cannot be > > > detected. On Linux/(i386|amd64|powerpc), which, last I heard, amounted > > > to well over 95% of Debian archive downloads, /dev/input/mice will > > > basically always work just fine. So there's no reason to always prompt > > > if you don't need to; it's insane. > > > > What happens when auto-detection is not performed (either declined by user, > > or > > because mdetect is not installed)? > > 'unless the mouse cannot be detected'. > > try to run mdetect > if this works: > prompt with priority low > else: > prompt with priority high
I'm not sure why, but on a system where mdetect is not installed, "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh" doesn't trigger any mouse-related questions. Same happens if I put a copy of /bin/false into /usr/bin/mdetect, forcing it to fail. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
