Re: X problem on Sparc classic solved
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:04:40 -0400, Chad Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 01:24:38PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote:
>> I looked a bit further into it: the default gpm configuration emits "ms3"
>> data on /dev/gpmdata while the X server expects "sun" data. Gpm is not
>> able to send "sun" data to /dev/gpmdata. As /dev/sunmouse is a "single
>> open" mouse device, IMHO the gpm and Xsun packages should be mutual
>> exclusive.
>
> Can't you set the 'Relayed' protocol to be 'raw' and have it work? (I
> don't know -- just suggesting a possibility, from looking at the manpage.)
I tried, but it doesn't work. The X server needs the real /dev/sunmouse,
most probably because it wants to do some ioctl()s on it which fail on
/dev/gpmdata.
Erik
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