Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 04:20:31AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I hadn't extensively played with it either, since I have a rather custom
 config (dual head with fixed-frequency monitors).  Though, it would be
 nice if dexter could accept more monitor information, perhaps even a full
 XFree86 modeline. Hopefully that kind of additional support could be
 added later on.

Barring overwhelming demand, I'm just not going to add this functionality.
Dexter's success is going to depend on constraining its focus, which is
getting the naive user without any X server configuration into X with a
minimal requirement of knowledge about his/her hardware and certainly
without any knowledge of the syntax of the XF86Config{-4} file.

Modelines are the deepest of magic.  If you want to play with them, then
you belong in a text editor with the XF86Config{-4} file.

 At least it doesn't overwrite XF86Config. =)

Correct; the latest version will not overwrite without being told to do so.

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Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-13 Thread Sven LUTHER

On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 07:34:21AM +0200, Morten B. Pedersen wrote:
 On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:26:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
  mouse device.
 
 I think /dev/input/mice should be there too for USB mouse. It's this
 device that the USB guide on www.linux-usb.org refers to.

And the one the kernel documentation (well linux/Documentation/usb/input.txt)
suggests.

there is also talk about all the /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/input/mouse1, ...
but this would be usefull only for multiple mouses, and i have no experience
with it.

Friendly,

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Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-13 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 07:34:21AM +0200, Morten B. Pedersen wrote:
 On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:26:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
  mouse device.
 
 I think /dev/input/mice should be there too for USB mouse. It's this
 device that the USB guide on www.linux-usb.org refers to.

And the one the kernel documentation (well linux/Documentation/usb/input.txt)
suggests.

there is also talk about all the /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/input/mouse1, ...
but this would be usefull only for multiple mouses, and i have no experience
with it.

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER
 
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Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-13 Thread ferret

I don't believe one of the immediate goals of dexter is to support
multiple anything yet, but give it time.

Drifting a little bit from topic, I'm thinking it would be nice to have a
seperate user-mode input manager, that can communicate and pass input
events across network connections. It should be able to handle any input
device (keyboards, mice, game pads, dials and buttons, boxen, etc), map
arbitrary events from one device type to another, forward or repeat events
across the network, but I ramble.

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote:

 On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 07:34:21AM +0200, Morten B. Pedersen wrote:
  On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:26:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
   /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
   mouse device.
  
  I think /dev/input/mice should be there too for USB mouse. It's this
  device that the USB guide on www.linux-usb.org refers to.
 
 And the one the kernel documentation (well linux/Documentation/usb/input.txt)
 suggests.
 
 there is also talk about all the /dev/input/mouse0, /dev/input/mouse1, ...
 but this would be usefull only for multiple mouses, and i have no experience
 with it.
 
 Friendly,
 
 Sven LUTHER
  
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Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-12 Thread ferret


I hadn't extensively played with it either, since I have a rather custom
config (dual head with fixed-frequency monitors).
Though, it would be nice if dexter could accept more monitor information,
perhaps even a full XFree86 modeline. Hopefully that kind of additional
support could be added later on.

At least it doesn't overwrite XF86Config. =)

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Derek Witt wrote:

 I'm using devfs in my case. I didn't see /dev/misc/psaux in dexter's list.
 I had to link that to /dev/mouse to keep dexter happy. Then, I had to edit
 /etc/X11/XF86Config to point to /dev/misc/psaux. Just a minor
 inconvenience. But, I like the premise behind dexter (it reminds me of
 xconfigurator from redhat).
 
 -- Derek J Witt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  
  /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
  mouse device.
  
  
  
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Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-12 Thread Morten B. Pedersen
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:26:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
 mouse device.

I think /dev/input/mice should be there too for USB mouse. It's this
device that the USB guide on www.linux-usb.org refers to.

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Morten B. Pedersen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Copenhagen, Denmark.



Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-12 Thread ferret

I hadn't extensively played with it either, since I have a rather custom
config (dual head with fixed-frequency monitors).
Though, it would be nice if dexter could accept more monitor information,
perhaps even a full XFree86 modeline. Hopefully that kind of additional
support could be added later on.

At least it doesn't overwrite XF86Config. =)

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Derek Witt wrote:

 I'm using devfs in my case. I didn't see /dev/misc/psaux in dexter's list.
 I had to link that to /dev/mouse to keep dexter happy. Then, I had to edit
 /etc/X11/XF86Config to point to /dev/misc/psaux. Just a minor
 inconvenience. But, I like the premise behind dexter (it reminds me of
 xconfigurator from redhat).
 
 -- Derek J Witt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  
  /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
  mouse device.
  
  
  
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Re: xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-11 Thread Morten B. Pedersen

On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:26:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 /dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
 mouse device.

I think /dev/input/mice should be there too for USB mouse. It's this
device that the USB guide on www.linux-usb.org refers to.

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Morten B. Pedersen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Copenhagen, Denmark.


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xserver-common phase2v15: dexter does not list /dev/gpmdata

2000-10-11 Thread ferret

/dev/gpmdata is not on the list of mouse devices. /dev/gpmdata IS a valid
mouse device.