Kudzu mouse detect

[Sean Craig]

Hi Bill,

Why would X have a device open if it's not configured to use that 
device?  Surely a well-behaved application should only use devices it's 
configured to use?  We can't just have any app locking up any/all 
devices at will .....

regards

Sean Craig


Bill Nottingham wrote:

>Sean Craig (seanc at tech-access.com) said: 
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>>Why (technically) will the probe 'not work'? 
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>PS/2 devices have undefined and chipset-specific behavior when
>opened by multiple programs simultaneously. If run under X,
>there's a very good chance that X has the device open; then
>the results will be unreliable, and it can disrupt the mouse
>use under XFree86 as well.
>
>Bill
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