[gpm] Re: gpm Digest, Vol 8, Issue 3

Wed Jan 28 03:26:03 CET 2004

Hello,

I'm sorry to trouble you again.

Following links you given in your last mail is not available:

> http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/gpm.html
> http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/patches/

Since I can not connection to gpm's cvs, I could not  get the latest
sources of gpm. can you tell how to get it?

Regards.

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>    1. Re:  Linux device number bug report (Nico Schottelius)
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>    3. Re:  gpm & Linux 2.6 (Dmitry Torokhov)
>    4.  Bug in mice.c (Julien TIERNY)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:50:54 +0100
> From: Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>
> Subject: Re: [gpm] Linux device number bug report
> To: WEI Yongjun <yjwei@nanjing-fnst.com>
> Cc: gpm@lists.linux.it
> Message-ID: <20040115135054.GA1176@schottelius.org>
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> As normal I am busy, but not dead.
>
> Please have a look into the cvs sources. If it is wrong there
> (I will try to check it this evening, too), we got to fix it.
>
> But there are other things todo [next mail].
>
> Nico
>
>
> WEI Yongjun [Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:27:21PM +0800]:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have some questions about device number extension.
> >
> > In Linux kernel 2.6, device number will be extended from 16-bit to
32-bit.
> > All utilities and libraries should make corresponding extension for this
new
> > feature in kernel 2.6.
> >
> > I find that "gpm-1.19.3" uses structure dev_t and operates the device
number
> > as 16-bit.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> > --------------
> > 1. gpm-root.c line 49:
> >
> > #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
> > #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
> > #else
> > #define major(dev) (((unsigned) (dev))>>8)
> > #define minor(dev) ((dev)&0xff)
> > #endif
> >
> >
> > This is a backup for lost of system defined macro major and minor, but
all
> > of these operations
> > look dev_t as 16 bits instead of 32 bits, so they will call problem when
> > actually use them.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> > --------------
> >
> > Since I didn't find any information about this aspect in homepage of
this
> > package, I wonder whether the latest version has completed the device
number
> > extension? If not, will it be completed in the future? And when?
> >
> > Looking forward to answering.
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Wei Yongjun
> > Dept. of Technology and Development
> > Nanjing Fujitsu Nanda Software Tech. Co., Ltd.(FNST)
> > No. 16-5, Guanzhou Rd., Nanjing, P.R.China
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:54:07 +0100
> From: Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>
> Subject: [gpm] gpm & Linux 2.6
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> Hello again!
>
> I will try to add soon "-t event" to gpm, so we can use
> Linux 2.6 event device.
>
> Nico
>
> ps: I read gpm mails, although my life keeps on beeing busy. I still
> think we'll never get completly obsoleted :)
>
>
>
> --
> Keep it simple & stupid, use what's available.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 02:31:41 -0500
> From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: [gpm] gpm & Linux 2.6
> To: Nico Schottelius <nico-linux@schottelius.org>, gpm@lists.linux.it
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> On Thursday 15 January 2004 08:54 am, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> > Hello again!
> >
> > I will try to add soon "-t event" to gpm, so we can use
> > Linux 2.6 event device.
> >
> > Nico
> >
> > ps: I read gpm mails, although my life keeps on beeing busy. I still
> > think we'll never get completly obsoleted :)
>
> Hi,
>
> Would you please take a look here - I have heard only success stories
> from people who tried these patches:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/gpm.html
> http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/patches/
>
> --
> Dmitry
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:24:12 +0100
> From: Julien TIERNY <julien.tierny@wanadoo.fr>
> Subject: [gpm] Bug in mice.c
> To: nico@schottelius.net
> Cc: gpm@lists.linux.it
> Message-ID: <200401161124.12192.julien.tierny@wanadoo.fr>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi there!
>
> don't wanna bother anyone but I couldn't find any bugzilla where to submit
my
> issue.
>
> I email you because I often get GPM driving mad as follows:
> * I'm logging into a virtual console after switching from X
> * I'm using the mouse in this virtual console.
> * I switch to another virtual console
> * I move the mouse and the cursor gets crazy
>
> Here is the message I catched:
> "
> *** err [mice.c(1883)]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed setup, continuing...
> *** err [mice.c(1883)]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed setup, continuing...
> "
>
> The work around I use is to restart the GPM related init script.
>
> Here is my config:
> * I use a USB wireless mouse that I plug to the psaux port with an
adaptator
> delivered by the constructor (Logitech).
> * I configured GPM (version 1.20.1) with the IntelliMousePS2 support
(imps2)
> * I use frame buffer for my console display (linux kernel 2.4.22)
> * At last, I use XFree86 4.3.0
>
> Hope my remarks will be helpful.
>
> If you need some more info, feel free to ask me.
>
> Bon courage, Julien
>
>
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