On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 09:26, Ole-Egil Hvitmyren wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 03:02, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > > > >>Minor gotcha: I switched the X mouse device from /dev/gpmdata (I had gpm > >>repeat mouse events) to /dev/input/mice, because I remember reading that > >>with the new 2.6 kernel more than one processes can listen to mouse > >>events > > > > > > /dev/input/mice could always do that, only broken devices like > > /dev/psaux couldn't. > > Uhm, on every system I have seen, gpm is connected to /dev/psaux when in > console and XFree86 is connected when in in X. > > From X: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo lsof | grep psaux > XFree86 10915 root 7u CHR 10,1 1016488 > /dev/psaux > > From console: > > olegil:~# lsof | grep psaux > gpm 19563 root 0u CHR 10,1 1016488 > /dev/psaux > > Are you saying this isn't happening, and that my systems don't exist?
No. For all I know, several processes using /dev/psaux at the same time doesn't work, and your output above doesn't show otherwise. Where does gpm go when X is running? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
