Re: ailing gpm - tp380ED
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:49:36AM -0800, Jeff Coppock wrote:
> I just checked my version:
>
> gpm-Linux 1.17.8, $Date: 1999/01/03 21:02:51 $
>
> jc
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:49:56AM -0800, JParker@coinstar.com wrote:
> >
> > G'Day !
> >
> > Perhaps I was using an old GPM library .... A couple of years ago back
> > when I upgraded to XF86 3.x, GPM and X conflicted. I always had to
> > kill the GPM demaon, before starting X.
> >
> > I guess this was fixed.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Jim Parker
GPM never conflicted with X, except maybe before it supported the repeater
option. The problem has always been that the PS/2 device driver only allows
a single process to open the device and read events, IIRC. The serial
driver is different. gpm and X can both open /dev/mouse simultaneously if
it is linked to ttyS0. (I don't know whether they both get a copy of the
mouse data, or whether gpm gets some and X gets some. If the latter is the
case, it wouldn't work anyway. Oh well.) I've always used gpm in repeater
mode with my serial mice, since I've got one with 3 buttons that gets reset
to microsoft protocol unless I hold down the left button when something
opens the device. (The control lines on the serial port are toggled on
device open, or something.) Since I want it to stay in MouseSystems
protocol mode for 3 button support, I don't want the X server openning the
device when I start it. (I sometimes like to bounce between console and X.)
Anyway, my point is that GPM has been working like this for over 2 years, I
think. It's all about configuring it right, not some recent feature.
(Unless it's even smarter now...)
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