Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: Broken synaptics mouse.. | Date | Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:58:48 -0500 |
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On Monday 22 September 2003 12:31 am, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 06:16:36PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > You can use EVIOCGRAB for the time being in the XFree86 synaptics > > > driver, this way you'll prevent its events coming into mousedev the > > > moment it's opened by XFree86, which is probably exactly what one > > > wants. > > > > Will that allow 2 processes to have access to the same event device > > simultaneously? I am thinking about XFree and GPM. We just got away from > > that mess caused by psaux providing only exclusive access to step into > > the same problem again. > > No, it won't. Yes, it's a problem. The only solution I can propose here > is when you want GPM and XFree support simultaneously you have to > configure both to use either /dev/input/mice, or both /dev/input/event, > and not mix the two together. >
But in this case not only will I have to specify the event device Synaptics is connected to but also explicitly specify _every other_ input device I use (besides the touchpad I have a track-stick as a separate device and an USB mouse in my docking station). I will also loose hot-plug capabilities I have now for free.
All in all it just doesn't fly... I wonder if we could declare evdev the master handler and do not propagate events to the secondary handlers if some process has appropriate event device opened.
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