Re: gpm & X

[Andreas Bombe <andreas.bombe@munich.netsurf.de>]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:48:14AM -0500, Norbert Veber wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:45:42AM -0600, Adam Majer wrote:
> > It looks to me like a bad protocol or something or bad access point.
> > If you are using USB mouse as you indicated then you should access it
> > at /dev/input/mice instead of /dev/psaux. And specify PS/2 protocol
> > for both gpm and X.
> 
> Isnt that a devfs-only feature?  Or does USB somehow provide /dev/input?

It's independent of devfs.  This is the interface to the new input layer
and USB HID devices are only exported through that (there is no other
way to get at a USB mouse, at least in kernel 2.4).

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