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Bug#233933: X server 4.3 stalls for a few seconds when switching from console back to X



  [Zephaniah E. Hull]
> > [...] this is a perfect example of why trying to use a bi-directional 
> > protocol over a fifo DOES NOT WORK.

[Michel Dänzer]
> Then why does GPM accept such protocols for the repeater in the first
> place? *shrug*

It doesn't have "such protocols".  It has "raw" - as in, pass the data
through raw.

This could be useful for esoteric protocols, I suppose, and it's easy
enough to implement in gpm ... but i do have to wonder if having that
option (so often abused) does more harm than good.

Peter

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