Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9

2006-02-15 Thread Jeremy Nickurak
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 08:18 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > 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

Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9

2006-02-15 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 20:16 +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > Ben: would you know why this only seems to affect PowerMac users? No, no idea, might indeed be an endian bug Ben.

Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9

2006-02-14 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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 even

Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9

2006-02-14 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
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 repe

Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9

2006-02-14 Thread Eugene Konev
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. 2. This bug seems to be specific to ppc (endianness?) architecture, as I cannot reproduce it on x86 with any of the co

Bug#347786: xserver-xorg: GPM repeater broken since 6.9

2006-02-04 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Followup-For: Bug #347786 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 GPM repeating is broken in 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 as previously described by the original submitter for ths bug (pointer goes to corner of the screen and cannot be moved from there). -