Well, if I understand correctly the code in these devices relies on full
decoding of the data coming from the mice, right ?
If yes, this supports my opinion that unless kernel handles all
communication from the mouse the reconnect should not be performed.
Alan - would you agree with introducing a command line switch to enable
reconnect behaviour ?
Vladimir Dergachev
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 11:20:45AM -0400, volodya@mindspring.com wrote:
>
> >> Unfortunately your suggestion does not work - I just tried it - and with a
> > good reason: if the code worked in the first place we would never go
> > inside that "if" at all (or, in other words, there should be no reconnect
> > events on a notebook while using bultin keyboard and mouse)
> >
> > I haven't thought about keyboard switches, sorry.. Perhaps, for now, the
> > best alternative is an extra option in the kernel configuration "Support
> > for keyboard/mouse switches" with explanation that it breaks Synaptics
> > touchpads..
> >
> > Is there any other way to determine reconnect event ?
>
> Look at the Linux input drivers at http://www.suse.cz/development/input
> - they've got the reconnect detection right.
>
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> Vojtech Pavlik
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