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Subject: Re: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...
To: ache@nagual.ru (=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:08:09 +0200 (MET DST)
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In reply to =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= who wrote:
> 
> > The problem here is that the vty's aren't there when before the
> > getty's are run. THe vty are dynamically allocated (to save space)
> > and so they are actually not there before they are opened the first
> > time (by the getty). This apparently effects the way the mousepointer
> > is handled. Oh well, I'll look at it...
> 
> You need some protocol talking back: syscons -> moused
> It needed in following cases at least:

NO WAY! it would be the ugliest hack I could think of solving this..

> 1) New tty allocated (by getty): syscons tells previously running
> moused to handle it.
> 
> [it fix starting from rc bug]

moused should have absolutely NO knowledge of what goes on on the
display, its only mission in life is to interpret mouse movement
codes.
 
> 2) Graphics mode entered: syscons tells moused to close
> mouse device.
> 3) Graphics mode exited: syscons tells moused to open
> mouse device.
> 
> [it fix X11 conflicts]

Nope, because X NEVER closes the mouse device :(



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Soren Schmidt             (sos@FreeBSD.org)             FreeBSD Core Team
               So much code to hack -- so little time.