Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 07/26/05 22:33 CST: > There are two ways of working with serial mice in 2.6 kernels. The old > one is when the program (gpm or Xorg) opens the serial port and decodes > mouse data by itself. For this to work, you need:
[snip 3 kernel config lines and the obvious configuration step] > The second way is to decode mouse data in the kernel and feed it to the > application using the input framework. For this to work, you need, in > addition to the above: [snip 6 kernel config lines, the installation of another package and numerous configuration steps] Gosh, it seems the "old way" is a heckuva lot simpler than the "second way". What advantage is gained doing all that extra work in the "second way"? -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 22:37:00 up 115 days, 22:10, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.19, 0.28 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
