Added instructions to exclude evdev on x testing.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@7619 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>November 26th, 2008</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] - Added instructions to exclude the use of evdev driver
+          when testing the xorg server.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Moved /etc/X11 symlinks to x-setup page.</para>
         </listitem>

x/installing/x-setup.xml

@@ -117,11 +117,23 @@ XFREE86 -->
     </indexterm>
 XFREE86 -->
 
-    <para>The screen will go black and you may hear some clicking of the
-    monitor.  This command will create a file in your
-    home directory, <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename> for
-    <application>Xorg</application>, or <filename>XF86Config.new</filename>
-    for <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
+    <para>The screen will go blank and you may hear some clicking of the
+    monitor.  This command will create a file,
+    <filename>xorg.conf.new</filename>, in your home directory.</para>
+
+    <para>Recent versions of <application>xorg-server</application> force the
+    use of the evdev input driver, and ignore legacy input devices definded in
+    <filename>xorg.conf</filename>.  This will result in an X display that
+    seems to lock up if you are using legacy input devices and do not have the
+    proper input configuration files in place (added later).  Add the following
+    lines to the new <application>Xorg</application> configuration file to
+    overcome this issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; ~/xorg.conf.new &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+Section "ServerFlags"
+	Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
+EndSection
+EOF</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Edit the newly created configuration file to suit your system. The
     details of the files are located in the <filename>xorg.conf.5x</filename>