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Date:      Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:41:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Vladimir N.Silyaev" <vns@mindspring.com>
To:        jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysmouse type of mouse not supported?
Message-ID:  <200007282241.SAA00639@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
In-Reply-To: <14721.45630.314717.736831@hip186.ch.intel.com>
References:  <14721.42197.156052.487851@whale.home-net> <14721.45630.314717.736831@hip186.ch.intel.com>

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In muc.lists.freebsd.emulation, you wrote:
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>So, the question begs--is running moused (and hence using /dev/sysmouse for X)
>an absolute requirement for getting VMware to go into full-screen mode? It
>seems like it is ....
Looks like that. It's because /dev/psm0 it's just a character device, and
it's impossible to open it [independently] several times (by the way it's
why impossible under FreeBSD to have more than one guest at a time). But 
/dev/sysmouse it's tty, so it doesn't have such limitations.

--
Vladimir 


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