Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test10 released

From: Nick Andrew (nick-200309_at_nick-andrew.net)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: 25 Nov 2003 13:44:10 +1100

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> writes:

>Noticed after update from 2.4 that XFree86 detects the mouse differently, so
>those of you who have autodetect (auto) choose in XF86Config, mya have to
>change the protocol to get things to work.

I find letting "gpm" repeat the mouse events works well. The only
problem was when I upgraded XFree86 and the config file was rewritten
by the upgrade process which altered my mouse device. Lucky I use RCS
to change-manage config files, so the change was easy to find.

Nick. 

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