Re: gpm, USB mouse, Linux 2.4.4
On Tue, 22 May 2001, Erik wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 09:03:05AM +0200, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 May 2001, Jacob Kuntz wrote:
> >
> > > Most people run gpm in repeater mode, and point X to /dev/gpmdata. IIRC, gpm
> > > and X packages do this by default.
> >
> > Do *NOT* run gpm in repeater mode. It's evil (since gpm is sometimes not
> > able to repeat correctly what comes in from the mouse - it's not able to
> > repeat the wheel correctly here f.ex.). Gpm should be able to detect a
> > switch into X and leave the mouse alone and start reading data again when
> > you switch back into the console.
> so use:
> repeat_type=raw
> with that everything that comes in, will go right back out
Which is demonstrably *not* true - this approach does **not** work with my
logitech wheelmouse.
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