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Re: Mouse setup under X



On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Rolf Heckemann wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:58:29PM +0000, Vivek wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Rolf Heckemann wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> > > > Trivially worked around. Get gpm to repeat the psaux pointer on
> > > > /dev/gpmdata and have the instances of X use that instead.
> > >
> > > Yeah, but what about the two different protocols?
> >
> > I was assuming the aforementioned 2 mice -> same protocol setup.
>
> With 2 mice -> same protocol, you don't get a problem in the first
> place even when you run two instances of X.

Really? I would have thought that they'd fight over the psaux device,
since only one process can usefully have /dev/psaux open.




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