On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:33:25AM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > 0. Quick fix: just default Retype_Type to none in gpmconfig (this should be > done at least for potato. Should I file a bug report?). That's up to Mercury. > 1. Tell the user during gpmconfig, that the selection affects X configuration. > I was happy that a PS/2 mouse was suggested, tested it and continued without > thinking about it. If Merc will do 1), I will do 2). We sat down at LWCE-NY and tried to discuss this, but it's not an easy issue. Frankly, I think gpm ought to be re-written from scratch, stealing the protocol interpretation code from XFree86. People are pretty good about getting support for all their crazy mouse variants in X. > 2. Tell the user during xf86config, that the gpm configuration can be reused > (assuming that gpmconfig has the reuse default, i.e. Branden and Zephaniah > should decide which way can be gone for potato and woody). I will add remarks to xf86config warning the user about this. > 3. As a long term solution, a protocol name like Xnative instead of Microsoft > would be nice. I think Merc had some evil plan for implementing a superset mouse protcol into which any other protocol could be translated. When he gets further along on this, I can maybe work with XFree86 upstream on the issue. -- G. Branden Robinson | America is at that awkward stage. It's Debian GNU/Linux | too late to work within the system, but branden@ecn.purdue.edu | too early to shoot the bastards. roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | --Claire Wolfe
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