Re: XFree86 4.1.0-0pre1v2 available for i386,powerpc,sparc
Chris Cheney wrote:
>
> I noticed that if you select /dev/gpmdata as your mouse device it still
> includes the detected mouse device (eg /dev/input/mice) this causes a
> problem usually if you are using gpm since gpm and X fight for the main
> device.
Not for /dev/input/mice, it can be opened and read by any number of processes
without problems. In fact, you don't need the GPM repeater with it in the
first place.
> Also it might be good to set the device type of gpmdata to ImPS/2
> instead of Intellimouse since that is the type that is emulated by
> /dev/input/mice.
The protocol emitted by the GPM repeater depends on GPM configuration only.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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