Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9
On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 20:16 +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> 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?
I'll have to dig into the bug report to get more info, no time right now
though but I'll let you know.
Ben.
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