Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Wed Apr 12 2000 - 06:58:11 EST

Next message: Jeff Garzik: "Re: What to do with 3c59x.c?"
Previous message: Andrew Morton: "Re: What to do with 3c59x.c?"
In reply to: David Woodhouse: "Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5"
Next in thread: Vojtech Pavlik: "Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com said:
> > It would be better to have userspace call the mouse device (via a
> > sysctl or similar) the dimensions of the framebuffer, since that
> > information might be coming from the X server not fbdev..
>
> If there's a linear framebuffer, as there often is, then the X server ought
> to be telling fbdev about it.

You are preaching to the choir :)

-- Jeff Garzik | Nothing cures insomnia like the Building 1024 | realization that it's time to get up. MandrakeSoft, Inc. | -- random fortune

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Next message: Jeff Garzik: "Re: What to do with 3c59x.c?"
Previous message: Andrew Morton: "Re: What to do with 3c59x.c?"
In reply to: David Woodhouse: "Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5"
Next in thread: Vojtech Pavlik: "Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Apr 15 2000 - 21:00:18 EST