Re: 2.6 input drivers FAQ

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:12:06PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>         Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option      "Buttons" "7"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
> EndSection
> 
> And if I *had* gotten it in there twice, why would it only hit sporadically
> once or twice a day, as opposed to *all* mouse events (clicks, moves,
> etc) being doubled?

Because normally the X server reads them in very quick succession and if
you don't make a very short click, the sequence looks like this:

push1 push2 release1 release2, which is fine, because X interprets that
as just a push and a release.

If there is disk activity or something else that causes the scheduling
to be delayed, it's push1 release1 push2 release2, which counts as a
doubleclick.

Hence sporadic doubleclicking.

For movement, of course, you get twice the mouse speed, but usually most
people just adjust the acceleration settings and are done with that.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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