Re: Need Reasons for switching to Debian from Redhat
On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 11:56:17AM -0500, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:32:59 -0500
> Derrick 'dman' Hudson <dman@dman.ddts.net> wrote:
...
> > You can't have 2 applications reading from a device file. Trying to
> > do that creates a race condition and each application only gets part
> > of the data stream. Exactly which part and how much each application
> > gets is undefined (the results of a race condition are always
> > undefined).
>
> I can only comment on my how it's working here. While your statements
> seem like the logical answer, actual results appear to contradict you.
> I've set up a workstation here with both gpm and X configured to directly
> access the device. I've configured gpm not to repeat. Everything is
> working perfectly on this end. I switch to a console and gpm takes over
> just fine. I switch to X and X takes over just fine.
le'me guess, your mouse is on a serial line.
Otherwise you're just lucky:)
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groetjes, carel
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