evdev instead of ExplorerPS/2

MadMan2k madman2k at gmx.de
Wed Sep 7 07:18:16 CDT 2005


Is there a reason or did you simply not look into it yet and whats about 
breezy+1?

Daniel Stone wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 15:54 +0200, MadMan2k wrote:
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>>I think it would be better to use evdev in the cases where ExplorerPS/2 
>>is used right now,
>>because ExplorerPS/2 is insufficient for new mice.
>>For example pressing the scrollbutton(button 4) on a MX510 is sending 
>>button 6(back-button) on release
>>also the window switcher(button 8) is not supported.
>>
>>Since the MX5?? series are quite popular this fix should probably get 
>>some attention.
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>There are absolutely no plans to use evdev by default right now.
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