Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9
ti, 2006-02-14 kello 23:14 +0700, Eugene Konev kirjoitti:
> 1. The correct way to use gpm with X server with /dev/input/mice in
> linux 2.6 is _not_ use gpm repeater, as kernel driver is perfectly
> capable to multiplex events itself.
Wrong. Using GPM with X precisely implies using the repeater.
> 2. This bug seems to be specific to ppc (endianness?) architecture, as I
> cannot reproduce it on x86 with any of the configs provided in the
> bug log.
That could be.
> I can suggest rebuilding xorg with *DEBUG* options #define'd in
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/mouse/mouse.c and providing
> resulting debug logs (and logs from gpm with verbosity increased) to
> the bug log.
Unfortunately, I do not have the disk space or CPU resources to do that.
Perhaps the submitter does?
Ben: would you know why this only seems to affect PowerMac users?
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