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Re: new evdev: Support for old mouse driver options?



On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 19:41 -0700, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 17:28 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> > What is the plan for the new evdev driver wrt. the
> > AngleOffset option known from the old mouse drivers?
> > Using a Logitech Trackball this option is essential.
> 
> Another really good reason to think about bringing back the older
> Protocol:evdev option required for full use of the input device until
> there's some further maturing of evdev upstream. There's no available
> evdev options for XKB support or mouse options, plus the system lockup
> bugs when it's not configured right (debian # 347681). This all suggests
> some pretty significant changes to evdev upstream in the near future,
> and a shakedown period for the newer changes, let alone the existing
> bugs.

FYI, you may be interested in

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5696


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