On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:38:31PM -0800, William Tracy wrote: > http://ubersoft.net/void-initrand/misc-wherein-i-curse-ubuntu-needlessly-breaking-something-useful > > 1. I don't use btnx, so I don't share his problem. Ask him for details, not > me. > 2. The root of the problem seems related to changes in Xorg, so I > thought I'd pass it along. If it actually has more to do with a Linux > kernel change, my apologies for spamming the list. > > Short summary: btnx is a program for remapping extra mouse buttons to > different actions. A recent Xorg release (supposedly related to the > introduction of evdev) seems to break the API it depends on. > > Now, if there's just a *different* API available now for accessing raw > mouse input, and the user-visible applications just need to catch up, > then fine. However, if this information is simply no longer available > to clients, then this list should at least be aware of the issue.
How exactly does btnx work? The above rant is more whining than actually explaining what is broken and I don't have the time to distill whatever little information there is. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
