Lennart Sorensen wrote: > With current kernels, if you use /dev/input/mice, the port can be shared > by gpm and X at the same time, and all mice you connect (no matter what) > show up in that device. Of course PS/2 mice can not be connected while > the system is on, since the hardware simply is not designed for that (I > believe it can actually be damaged by trying although I have no seen it > happen.). On a few systems it seems to work if you plug in a ps/2 mouse > on the fly, but on the vast majority it does not work until you reset > the system. USB mice of course are hot plug and hence much simpler. > > I like gpm, and use it, but I no longer point X at it like I used to > now that the kernel allows mouse sharing at all times (as long as you > don't try to use the obsolete /dev/psaux device to access the mouse). > > gpm would also be on the first CD already, if lots of people used it. > Apparently they do not.
gpm also leads to a number of complications for some users, as seen in the BTS. -- see shy jo
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