Re: /usr/src/etc/rc.d/moused patch
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:14:47PM +0200, Sascha Wildner wrote:
> I think having syscons return an error (current behavior) is correct. It
> is /usr/src/etc/rc.d/moused which is buggy. It calls vidcontrol twelve
> times where once would be enough. It also doesn't stop moused when it is
> given a "stop" argument. This causes "/usr/etc/rc.d/moused restart" to
> fail because restart just does a stop (moused is not stopped) and a
> start (mouse already on -> error message).
>
> Both changes are enough to stop all of vidcontrol's error messages on my
> system. They are in my patch which is at the beginning of this thread
> and which walt is for some reason unable to apply. So he misses the
> moused_stop routine and still gets an error with "moused restart". I've
> attached the patch again.
Ahh *blush*, you're right, now I understand the problem...
> Could someone else please try to apply my patch? :) It really contains
> the correct solution. Why _not_ have syscons report an error if the
> mouse is already on and the user tries to turn it on?
I'm not someone else:), but your latest patch(posted later in this thread)
seems to work on my system.
Sorry for interrupting the discussion by posting a pointless explanation.
Although I don't like the current behavior of vidcontrol -m, it's nothing
to do with this thread and nothing more than a bikeshed type of argument.
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