Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:03:12PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:23:49PM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > > > aswell as the generated keyboard lines (on sun there are two default > > > possibilies, i386 and type5). > > > > > > How do you forsee this happening? There isn't a clean way right now, > > > expect for outputting a complete list of servers for each arch (lots of > > > duplication). I don't think it can be handled cleanly in shell, so will > > > you change to perl (the var/string handling in shell loses in this case). > > > > Why not have dexter generate the list at runtime based on the files in > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers? > > Sounds even better to me. Let me mull this over. Sounds good except that it's a little more complex because of the legacy 3.x servers supported on alpha and i386 (only, fortunately). -- G. Branden Robinson |Murphy's Guide to Science: Debian GNU/Linux|If it's green or squirms, it's biology. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |If it stinks, it's chemistry. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |If it doesn't work, it's physics. pgp7kaaA3R7Cx.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:03:12PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:23:49PM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > > > aswell as the generated keyboard lines (on sun there are two default > > > possibilies, i386 and type5). > > > > > > How do you forsee this happening? There isn't a clean way right now, > > > expect for outputting a complete list of servers for each arch (lots of > > > duplication). I don't think it can be handled cleanly in shell, so will > > > you change to perl (the var/string handling in shell loses in this case). > > > > Why not have dexter generate the list at runtime based on the files in > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers? > > Sounds even better to me. Let me mull this over. Sounds good except that it's a little more complex because of the legacy 3.x servers supported on alpha and i386 (only, fortunately). -- G. Branden Robinson |Murphy's Guide to Science: Debian GNU/Linux|If it's green or squirms, it's biology. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |If it stinks, it's chemistry. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |If it doesn't work, it's physics. PGP signature
Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:23:49PM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > > aswell as the generated keyboard lines (on sun there are two default > > possibilies, i386 and type5). > > > > How do you forsee this happening? There isn't a clean way right now, > > expect for outputting a complete list of servers for each arch (lots of > > duplication). I don't think it can be handled cleanly in shell, so will > > you change to perl (the var/string handling in shell loses in this case). > > Why not have dexter generate the list at runtime based on the files in > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers? Sounds even better to me. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:23:49PM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > > aswell as the generated keyboard lines (on sun there are two default > > possibilies, i386 and type5). > > > > How do you forsee this happening? There isn't a clean way right now, > > expect for outputting a complete list of servers for each arch (lots of > > duplication). I don't think it can be handled cleanly in shell, so will > > you change to perl (the var/string handling in shell loses in this case). > > Why not have dexter generate the list at runtime based on the files in > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers? Sounds even better to me. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > aswell as the generated keyboard lines (on sun there are two default > possibilies, i386 and type5). > > How do you forsee this happening? There isn't a clean way right now, > expect for outputting a complete list of servers for each arch (lots of > duplication). I don't think it can be handled cleanly in shell, so will > you change to perl (the var/string handling in shell loses in this case). Why not have dexter generate the list at runtime based on the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers? > > Also, sunmouse is an option. Problem is, xf4 currently has no idea what > "Sun" type is. On top of that, I tried a ppc build, and it has no idea > what a "USB" mouse is. Known problem? > > -- > ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Joshua Shagam /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / No HTML/RTF in email www.cs.nmsu.edu/~joshagam X No Word docs in email mp3.com/fluffyporcupine/ \ Respect for open standards
Re: How do you want non-i386 handled in dexter? (+ mouse types)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:03:20AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Obviously the server list in dexter needs to be different on non-i386, > aswell as the generated keyboard lines (on sun there are two default > possibilies, i386 and type5). > > How do you forsee this happening? There isn't a clean way right now, > expect for outputting a complete list of servers for each arch (lots of > duplication). I don't think it can be handled cleanly in shell, so will > you change to perl (the var/string handling in shell loses in this case). Why not have dexter generate the list at runtime based on the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers? > > Also, sunmouse is an option. Problem is, xf4 currently has no idea what > "Sun" type is. On top of that, I tried a ppc build, and it has no idea > what a "USB" mouse is. Known problem? > > -- > ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Joshua Shagam /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / No HTML/RTF in email www.cs.nmsu.edu/~joshagam X No Word docs in email mp3.com/fluffyporcupine/ \ Respect for open standards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
