On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:07:06AM -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 02:24:35PM +0100, Raphael Zimmerer wrote: > <snip> > > I tried to track down the problem. I found out that XFree86 spends > > lots of time in ps2Reset() at /hw/xfree86/input/mouse/pnp.c. > > > > My pointer-device was configured to take data from gpm: > > > > Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "CorePointer" > > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > I have said it MANY times, and I will say it again. > > There is exactly ONE protocol which it is valid to talk to gpm over > /dev/gpmdata with, and that protocol is NOT PS/2. > > No matter how much people scream and yell about how it works fine, this > is a perfect example of why trying to use a bi-directional protocol over > a fifo DOES NOT WORK. > > The protocol you need to use is the one gpm calls ms3, X calls it > IntelliMouse, which is the serial version of the IMPS/2 protocol, > however it is NOT bi-directional, it has 3 buttons, a wheel, and it is > safe to use over the fifo. > </rant> Zeph, Thanks for shedding some light on this. Should I interpret the above to mean "this bug should be closed as due to user misconfiguration"? -- G. Branden Robinson | I've made up my mind. Don't try to Debian GNU/Linux | confuse me with the facts. branden@debian.org | -- Indiana Senator Earl Landgrebe http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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