Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 23:37:51 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer <thyerm@camtech.com.au> To: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 xsetpointer causes silo overflows (Was: Re: Fixed my MAMEd sio problem.) Message-ID: <3742C5B7.5E85F408@camtech.com.au> References: <199905170127.LAA04147@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <37418C29.DEECA1AC@camtech.com.au> <19990519182237.H29455@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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The big problem is that the silo overflows continue after I have returned the pointer to the mouse (with "xsetpointer pointer"). This should close the joystick device shouldn't it ? If it doesn't then there is a problem with either the X server or FreeBSD. Bruce has already indicated that there is a problem with the FreeBSD joystick driver but he thought it should stop when the joystick device is closed but I see that the problem continues until I restart the X server so that would seem to indicate a problem with the X server. David Dawes wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 01:20:01AM +0930, Matthew Thyer wrote: > >I have confirmed that the problem occurs if I just do: > > > > xsetpointer Joystick > > sleep 1 > > xsetpointer pointer > > > >So M.A.M.E. is unrelated to the problem as Bruce Evans would suggest. > > > >So the problem appears to be with XFree86 not closing the joystick > >device after I've used it as a pointer with 'xsetpointer'. > > The problem is in the joystick driver (or are silo overflows acceptable > while you actually want to use the joystick?). > > >I am sure I am using xsetpointer correctly as I can use my PC joystick > >as a pointing device (once I calibrate it). > > > >I was just using xsetpointer with an incorrectly calibrated joystick > >so it moved the pointer to the top left corner of the screen in my > >xmame.sh shell script (I'd like to know how to do this another way). > > A better way would be a small X client that uses XWarpPointer(3). > > David > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- /=======================================================================\ | Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au | Home: thyerm@camtech.net.au | \=======================================================================/ "If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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