[RFC] PDA as a TCP graphic tablet?

Guennadi Liakhovetski g.liakhovetski at gmx.de
Sun Dec 25 05:30:44 PST 2005


On Sun, 25 Dec 2005, Glynn Clements wrote:

> 
> Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> 
> > If there is already a driver I could reasonable (ab)use, ideally it should 
> > only use read/write on the fd. If it uses ioctl's, well, that would mean I 
> > would have to write a kernel driver too. Not too dramatic, but not exactly 
> > the ideal solution.
> 
> Have the server-side client use a pty, which X should be able to use
> in the same way as a physical serial port.

Aha, thanks, wouldn't think of a pty myself. Wouldn't an xserver accept a 
named pipe/socket? Anyway, the main question remains - which X-driver to 
attach the "graphic tablet"?

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski



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