Re: [Directvnc-user] Problems and Suggestions

[Tony Godshall]

> > > > Second, I would really like to be able to keep gpm running.  Is there
> > > > some way to make DirectFB recognize the gpm repeater device as being
> > > > valid?  I assume this is a DirectFB question, but directvnc is currently
> > > > the only DirectFB question, and I figured you may know the answer.
> > > 
> > > I have never worked with gpm myself, but as far as I can see the dfb mouse
> > > driver accesses the hardware directly and conflicts with gpm. That would 
> > > have
> > > to be dealt with in DFB. Cant be of much help here, sorry. Have you asked 
> > > on
> > > the DFB list? 
> 
> The mouse issues DFB has have lately come up a few more times and I'm
> hoping for a fix. I should have some more time soon, maybe I can do
> something.

I realized I didn't really need gpm again when I clobbered
my config in tried configuring the internal as
XF86Config-4's primary and /dev/input/mice as the secondary.
I have to restart X to make it work, but since X's primary
task anymore is to host my xvncviewer session, I can just
reconnect and regain state.

And that would be exactly what I'd do in directvnc.

I guess it's important to have a way to tell a running vnc
session to re-connect to its input devices.