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Input Wizard fixed

November 09, 2025 — BarryK

This is bad, the Input Wizard is broken. Launched from the menu "Setup -> Mouse/keyboard Wizard":

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Some of the selections write to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and break its syntax. That will greatly upset Xorg.

The script /usr/sbin/input-wizard was originally written by me, circa-2009, and after that had a lot of input, from Dougal, 01Micko and rarsa (Raul). But that input was up until about 2013. I patched it a little bit after that, but it remained broken -- which I realized yesterday.

I checked Radky's TrixiePup Legacy; input-wizard has been substantially rewritten. Checked on Woof-CE github; peabee and dimkr have worked on it up until 2024.

I worked through the script, fixing whatever was found to be broken or no longer appropriate.    

Tags: easy