linux-kernel - Re: Fix sudden warps in mousedev

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Message-ID: <d120d5000703270846y87e4283m4009ff0a9f65dac4@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:46:04 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Chuck Ebbert" <cebbert@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Pete Zaitcev" <zaitcev@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	"Peter Osterlund" <petero2@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: Fix sudden warps in mousedev

On 3/27/07, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >
> > The driver grabs tochpad with EVIOCGRAB ioctl to prevent input events
> > from bveing delivered to X through /dev/input/mice which is still in
> > whidespread use. That's why evtest does not work. We could as Peter
> > (CCed) to implement an option to turn off grabbing so users who don't
> > use mousedev multiplexor can use evtest and other commands.
> >
>
> What should people be using instead of /dev/input/mice ?

/dev/input/mice is most convenient source untill X gets hotplug ability.

>
> And why did the mouse numbers all get rearranged in 2.6.20, e.g.
> mouse1 became mouse2 for many people?

Input devices are not guaranteed to be stable.

-- 
Dmitry
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