[Gpm] Re: p logitec having short freezes & future of gpm

[Alessandro Rubini]

Hello.

> * I'm having here a Logitec PS2 wheelmouse, it's 2nd hand so I don't know
>   it's type. It works with:
> 
> 	device=/dev/psaux
> 	responsiveness=
> 	repeat_type=raw
> 	type=imps2

I don't know what kind of configuration this is. This is one of the
configuration-specific stuff that we've never been told about.

>   If I run the mouse under X4.0.2 under IMPS2 (direct access to
>   /dev/psaux, gpm is off) the mouse runs fine.

I can't tell what is going wrong with repeating. Actually, I never run
X-4 in repeater mode currently.

I suspect the problem is in that imps2 support is somehow partial, and
raw repeating may just not be doing the right thing. I personally
avoid imwheel stuff, so I didn't hit the problem.

Sorry to look so rough, but I'm really on different kind of software
right now.

>   * Could you include some pointers to *working* gpm replacements?

There's nothing available, to my knowledge. Input management is being
centralized in the kernel, and a gpm is available to use the input
mechanism to gather input (I didn't yet publish it, my fault).
 
>   * In case gpm is going to die and there won't be any replacement I'd
>     consider it as a *tragedy*.

Not so bad, in my opinion. If you run graphics, you can read input
directly from the device (or the kernel input subsystem, if that's
supported). If you run text, the old ms-compatible or ps2-compatible
protocols are always working.

>      Can't
>     anybody (the big distros etc.) sponsor your work? Have you tried to
>     check?

One of the reasons why I dropped gpm is because one of the big distros
told me "we want to sponsor you on what you do" and then "instead of
working on gpm (that we use), why don't you volunteer for our other
projects".
 
> * ftp.prosa.it (the single source for patches as it seems) seems to be
>   down.

Just called them, and that's true. You can use my own site
(ftp://gnu.systemy.it/pub/gpm) to check for stuff, but I've not been
updating the patch list for a while. I plan to do it shortly, though.

ftp.prosa.it is going to be back up in a few days, according to prosa
stuff.

/alessandro