Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 28 Jun 1998 08:13:18 -0400 (EDT) | | From | <> | | Subject | Re: OBSOLETE STUFF (gpm, etc..) |
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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Ragnar Hojland Espinosa wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 06:05:04 PM -0700, dalecki wrote: > > > 2. The whole console selection related ioctl stuff. > > > > > > It was broken from the beginning on. There is currently a new > > > replacement mechanism: /dev/vcs, which should provide the same > > > funcionality. Removing it will only break the in my oppinion > > > anyway toyish mouse selection on text based consoles. This is > > > something that will not break the system since this > > > functionality isn't essential for operation. > > > (8k) > > "toyish mouse selection on text based consoles" is somthing that _many_ > > linux users find very useful. Replace the code in gpm that uses this > > with /dev/vcsa, then wait a couple of years, then remove the code. > > Why? You just have to upgrade another program, along with the other, say, > 10, that you will have to upgrade if you are coming from 2.0. Or are there > any other programs using the same code as gpm? And, btw, I find selection > and gpm highly useful.
while we're on the subject, does anyone else have really flaky mouse motion with a serial mouse in gpm? it kind of jumps around, but it's still usable. i wouldn't consider it a bug, but more of something that could be improved on. it's happened on every linux system i've ever used with gpm and a serial mouse (about 15 or so different systems, with different mice)
i apologize if this is the wrong place to ask, but if it's a kernel issue having to do with IRQ's or scheduling or whatnot, it would be better answered here. note that the mentioned behavior does NOT happen with a ps/2 bus mouse. _ _ __ __ _ _ _ | / |/ /_ __/ /_____ | Nuke Skyjumper | | / / // / '_/ -_) | "Master of the Farce" | |_ /_/|_/\_,_/_/\_\\__/ _|_ nuke@bayside.net _|
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