Re: Question about pidfiles
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 09:42:39PM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> > On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Roderick Schertler wrote:
> >
> > > On 05 Dec 1998 00:34:58 -0500, Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> said:
> > > >
> > > > Is there something unusual about this X client which requires it to run
> > > > on the same machine as the server? If not then any locking has to be
> > > > done on the server itself (via properties, or something).
> > >
> > > Sorry, I should have read the rest of the thread first. This is a
> > > program to read the wheel doohickey on the mouse, so it probably does
> > > have to run local to the server.
> >
> > If this program is free (i.e. sources are available), then what about just
> > patching XFree86 so that it supports the wheel thingy?
>
> But it does!
>
> /usr/doc/xserver-common/README.mouse.gz
>
> "...
> XFree86 now supports the mouse with a wheel, a roller or a knob. Its action is
> detected as the Z (third) axis motion of the mouse. As the X server or clients
> normally do not use the Z axis movement of the pointing device, a new configu-
> ration option, ZAxisMapping, is provided to assign the Z axis movement to
> another axis or a pair of buttons (see below).
> ..."
>
> Am I missing something?
Nope, I am the one who missed something here. I'm sorry I didn't read the
docs first. Please ignore anything I said on this thread.
Remco
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