Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Joe Peterson wrote: Dave Neuer wrote: On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for another software package's problems... but also wrote: If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Joe Peterson wrote: Dave Neuer wrote: On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for another software package's problems... but also wrote: If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Jon Smirl
On 8/15/05, Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The xorg evdev input driver is here: > http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-evdev/ I see it is not there yet. Here is the old one: http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/evdev/ > > -- > Jon Smirl >

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Jon Smirl
On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for > another software package's problems, but perhaps input devices, > especially ones that sometimes are not there at boot or not there all > the time, should be treated in a way

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Dave Neuer wrote: > On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for >>another software package's problems... > > > but also wrote: > > >>If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all programs more

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:06:04PM -0400, Dave Neuer wrote: > On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for > > another software package's problems... > > but also wrote: > > > If the kernel could handle that

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Dave Neuer
On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for > another software package's problems... but also wrote: > If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all programs more > stable. which seems a little

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Vojtech Pavlik wrote: I am using evtouch, but I had read that X itself has an issue with devices that are not "always there" and that X does not [yet] seem to be designed to handle hotplugging well (for example, device names need to be hard-coded in xorg.conf, so a changing device

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:00:37PM -0600, Joe Peterson wrote: > I am using evtouch, but I had read that X itself has an issue with > devices that are not "always there" and that X does not [yet] seem to be > designed to handle hotplugging well (for example, device names need to > be hard-coded in

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:27:56AM -0600, Joe Peterson wrote: > > >>I, and a growing number of others, have been having trouble with using >>touch screen devices in Linux, particularly the motorized ones that fit >>into car dashboards. The problem is that these devices,

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:27:56AM -0600, Joe Peterson wrote: > I, and a growing number of others, have been having trouble with using > touch screen devices in Linux, particularly the motorized ones that fit > into car dashboards. The problem is that these devices, which have a > USB

[PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
I, and a growing number of others, have been having trouble with using touch screen devices in Linux, particularly the motorized ones that fit into car dashboards. The problem is that these devices, which have a USB touchscreen (often the eGalax brand), turn off when the screen is retracted,

[PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
I, and a growing number of others, have been having trouble with using touch screen devices in Linux, particularly the motorized ones that fit into car dashboards. The problem is that these devices, which have a USB touchscreen (often the eGalax brand), turn off when the screen is retracted,

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:27:56AM -0600, Joe Peterson wrote: I, and a growing number of others, have been having trouble with using touch screen devices in Linux, particularly the motorized ones that fit into car dashboards. The problem is that these devices, which have a USB touchscreen

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Vojtech Pavlik wrote: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:27:56AM -0600, Joe Peterson wrote: I, and a growing number of others, have been having trouble with using touch screen devices in Linux, particularly the motorized ones that fit into car dashboards. The problem is that these devices, which

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:00:37PM -0600, Joe Peterson wrote: I am using evtouch, but I had read that X itself has an issue with devices that are not always there and that X does not [yet] seem to be designed to handle hotplugging well (for example, device names need to be hard-coded in

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Vojtech Pavlik wrote: I am using evtouch, but I had read that X itself has an issue with devices that are not always there and that X does not [yet] seem to be designed to handle hotplugging well (for example, device names need to be hard-coded in xorg.conf, so a changing device name on plugging

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Dave Neuer
On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for another software package's problems... but also wrote: If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all programs more stable. which seems a little contradictory.

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:06:04PM -0400, Dave Neuer wrote: On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for another software package's problems... but also wrote: If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Dave Neuer wrote: On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for another software package's problems... but also wrote: If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all programs more stable. which

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Jon Smirl
On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for another software package's problems, but perhaps input devices, especially ones that sometimes are not there at boot or not there all the time, should be treated in a way that

Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device /dev/input/events

2005-08-15 Thread Jon Smirl
On 8/15/05, Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The xorg evdev input driver is here: http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-evdev/ I see it is not there yet. Here is the old one: http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/evdev/ -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL