On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 04:35:27PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi, > > > I have written an fdi file so that the X support is tuned and working well. And now I have also written a udev rule so it is also working with the latest xorg. > > > > However, I do not seem to be able to manage the gpm support on text > > terminals. > > > > My /etc/gpm.conf is: [...] > > type=exps2 > > #type=synps2 # fails? [...] > > As noted in the comment, setting type=synps2 fails. Is this expected? > > You need to use evdev type with 2.6 if you want synaptics-like features > (multi-finger tapping, etc). There is (was?) no scrolling support. But > in all honesty, why bother? I have /etc/gpm-syn.conf installed with my gpm package and expected to be able to see & tune those parameters. Are you telling me that that file and driver is obsolete? > > Hmm, maybe we need to switch to evdev being the default type and them > distros could dump mousedev support from the kernel... Just need to > either teach GPM hotplug or have udev restart it when new input device > gets plugged in or out. Just to be clear: we are talking about support outside xorg? I thought evdev was an xorg driver. Is there a package for evdev when xorg is not in use? ael _______________________________________________ gpm mailing list gpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/gpm