[PATCH] sysutils/hal fix for sysmouse(4) and ACPI

Harald Hanche-Olsen hanche at math.ntnu.no
Wed Feb 4 09:36:12 PST 2009


+ Jung-uk Kim <jkim at FreeBSD.org>:

> - Do not allow openning /dev/sysmouse multiple times.  When there are 
> multiple instances of moused(8) and Xorg mouse driver 
> opens /dev/sysmouse multiple times, Xorg server gets confused badly, 
> e.g., losing input events, waiting for already processed events, etc.
> Please review.

I am not qualified to review, but I can be reckless enough to test a
non-reviewed patch. It seems to solve ports/131124 for me.

A million thanks! You can remove the pointy hat now.  8-)

- Harald


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