theYinYeti Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hello, My mandriva 2008.0 runs fine, and auto-configured itself. Nice. Here's the resulting xorg.conf mouse part: # File generated by XFdrake (rev 239302) […] Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection The problem I have is that I want to append these options to this section: Option "EmulateWheel" "on" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" Option "EmulateWheelTimeout" "1000" Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" If I do so and CtrlAltBackspace, the options are enabled. Good. Unfortunately, on next reboot (and that's at least twice a day), my added options are gone and I'm back to the original Section… What is the cure? Yves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Errrm... is harddrake disabled? If not, it will probably overwrite your config. PS: You could hard-lock your xorg.conf file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Indeed, harddrake is enabled. What would be the consequences of disabling it? Yves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I have disabled harddrake and seen no consequences yet..... :unsure: B) I feel confident that if you disable it, your xorg.cong over-writes will be a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 harddrake is only necessary/useful if you add new hardware to your computer, say e.g. a new soundcard or a new graphics card. In this case, harddrake will automatically detect the new hardware and configure it as needed/load the modules. If you do not plan to alter your hardware on a regular basis, you can safely disable it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Good to know :) I suspected as much but I currently try not to change default configs too much, so I wanted to know more before "taking the risk". Thank you! Yves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 harddrake was a very handy tool back in the days that hardware detection tools were either primitive, or buggy. But currently a properly configured udev/hal does the same job way more reliably. IMO Mandriva should consider obsoleting it- it's not needed anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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