Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:21:31 +0200 | From | (Gunther Mayer) | Subject | Re: mouse problems in 2.4.2 -> lost byte |
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James Simmons wrote: > > >Where can I get your driver? > > I attach it to the other posting to this thread. I also have it in CVS at > http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net with a bunch of other input drivers. > > >> Section "Pointer" > >> Protocol "ImPS/2" > >> Device "/dev/input/mice" > > > >What is better in using /dev/input/mice than /dev/psaux > >on this problem exactly? > > The reason to use /dev/input/mice is the PS/2 mouse driver itself has not ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So you recommend to connect the mouse to USB (instead of psaux) because psaux+Xfree86 are losing bytes under circumstances (e.g. some load pattern).
This is a fine solution for users with dual protocol mice, but doesn't resolve the problem for other poor ps/2 mouse owners !
> been ported over to the input suite for 2.4.X. You can use the above for > the USB mouse now. Now if you have a USB mouse plus a PS/2 mouse then > having both use /dev/psaux would require a reworking of the PS/2 driver. > I rather port over the PS/2 mouse to use /dev/input/mice. I have done this > for my CVS but since the PS/2 mouse shares the same chipset as the PS/2 > keyboard you have to use both input drivers. It would be better if XFree86 > would have a /dev/eventX driver but we would wait a long time for that to > happen :-(
Even with PS/2 mouse support in the "new input" driver I wouldn't expect the psaux-byte-lost bug to disappear magically. -
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