Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-15,: Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5

# Re: CONFIG_{INPUT_,}MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in 2.3.99-pre5

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 06:50:08 -0400

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David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> For a start, drivers/usb/Config.in calls these variables
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] while drivers/usb/mousedev.c calls them
> CONFIG_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY].
>
> But I'm more concerned at their existence in the first place.
>
> Do I really have to recompile my kernel every time I hit
> Ctrl-Alt-{Plus,Minus} to change my X server's screen resolution?
>
> Couldn't we at least make an _attempt_ at getting this information from a
> framebuffer device, or making it configureable at runtime?

It would be better to have userspace call the mouse device (via a sysctl
or similar) the dimensions of the framebuffer, since that information
might be coming from the X server not fbdev..

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