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Re: Bug#77130: dexter is not devfs ready



branden@deadbeast.net (Branden Robinson) writes:

> On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:55:30PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> > All suggestions for the mouse device use the old device names, devfs
> > has them in subdirectories. Please use the new names when devfs is used.
> 
> You're going to have to tell me what these are.  I asked on IRC what I
> should use, and I used what I was told.

Have a look at the documentation about the devfs in
linux/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/

PS/2 is in /dev/misc/psaux.
Serials are in /dev/tts/[0-9]*.
Framebuffer in /dev/fb/[0-9]*.

> > Also for framebuffer the framebuffer to be used should be choosable,
> > i.e. which of /dev/fb/* to use.
> 
> This is a wishlist item and I'll get to it when I can.

I don't even know how to get X to use the second framebuffer, never
had a second one.

MfG
        Goswin

PS: Using the old V3 config file for defaults and the console keymap would be a good wishlist thing as well.



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