Graphics Administration Guide (April 2009)

Screen 1 "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen 0"
Screen 2 "Screen 2" RightOf "Screen 1"
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EndSection
Each InputDevice is followed by an InputDeviceID, a required field that must be enclosed in
double quotes. The InputDeviceID must match an Identifier in an InputDevice section. Last, an
option may be provided. The option can also be specified in the InputDevice section. Typical
options specified here are: CorePointer, CoreKeyboard, and SendCoreEvents. The option must
be enclosed in double quotes. See the InputDevice section for more information regarding the
options. Normally, at least two InputDevices are present: a keyboard and a mouse.
For configuring IRC, the ServerLayout section needs to reference the device it wants to make
active.
On selecting both local and IRC virtual mouse the ServerLayout section will have the following
entries:
Section "ServerLayout"
...
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Evdev0" "SendCoreEvents"
...
EndSection
On selecting only local mouse, the ServerLayout section will have the following entries:
Section "ServerLayout"
...
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
...
EndSection
On selecting only IRC virtual mouse, the ServerLayout section will have the following entries:
Section "ServerLayout"
...
InputDevice "Evdev0" "CorePointer"
...
EndSection
Options that apply to the X Server may also be specified in this section. The following table lists
all options that may be set in the ServerLayout section.
Table 2-1 Options for ServerLayout section
DescriptionDefaultValueOption
Disallows use of the Ctrl+Shift+Break sequence.
That sequence is normally used to terminate the
X Server. When this option is enabled, that key
sequence has no special meaning and is passed to
clients. Source: XF86Config man page.
OffBooleanDontZap
Allows the server to start up even if the mouse
device can't be opened/initialized.Source:
XF86Config man page.
falseBooleanAllowMouseOpenFail
See the section in “Features: Cursor Scaling” for
more details regarding these options.
1IntegerCursorScaleFactor
See the section in “Features: Cursor Scaling” for
more details regarding these options.
64IntegerMaxCursorSize
Files section
The Files section is used to specify paths to where fonts and modules are located, the location of
the rgb database and the user specified logfile. The Files section format is:
the XF86Config file 13