Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:21:48 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: sos@freebsd.org Cc: ache@nagual.ru, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused conflicts with X11 Message-ID: <199606240851.SAA21550@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606240718.JAA05240@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@freebsd.org" at Jun 24, 96 09:18:53 am
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sos@freebsd.org stands accused of saying: > > Actually I think its an artifact from both moused & the X server > having /dev/mousedev open at the same time. This is only > fixable by either killing moused when running X, or have > moused track the shown vty, and open/close /dev/mousedev according > to that. > I'd prefer the moused solution, but I'm not sure what sideeffects > it might have... It won't work, as the X server keeps the mouse open once and doesn't close it. Either we need a 'mouse' line discipline that allows multiple readers (erk.), or we look at something like the 'snp' device's hooks to provide moused with a means of watching the mouse without interfering with the X server. I don't think we can afford to change what the X server sees, and I don't like the way the Linux folks did it (their mouse daemon is basically a pipe). > Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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