Bug#2351: xdm doesn't detect gpm mouse lock
'Chris Walker wrote:'
>
>I personally would use both gpm and X, but unless the administration of
>the configuration script is very complex and this simplifies your life a
>lot, why require another package just for the configuration script.
>
>Could you have a file containing the configuration information in /etc
>like /etc/papersize eg /etc/mouse, and have a script common to both gpm
>and X that does creates this. Both packages could then read take their
>information from there. This may be overkill, and introduce too much
>complication though. (NB there is a discussion about creating a
>subdirectory of /etc for this sort of thing in Bug#2409)
One complication with having a common mouse config script is that gpm
and X recongnize different mouse types. And gpm does a better job
about ms vs. bare type. In fact, I haven't figured out how to get
XFree86 to treat a three-button ms mouse as a 3-button mouse (had to
resort to Emulate3Buttons). gpm has no trouble with the third mouse
button with type ms.
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