Package: gpm Version: gpm-1.19.6-19sarge Hi,
A user reported a bug at the Free Pascal bug tracker, reporting incorrect mouse behaviour in the Free Pascal IDE. This issue is tracked here: http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=8416 The problem has been identified as being caused by a patch that Debian applies over gpm to add mouse wheel support. The Debian gpm.h file defines the gpm_event structure like this: typedef struct Gpm_Event { unsigned char buttons, modifiers; /* try to be a multiple of 4 */ unsigned short vc; short dx, dy, x, y; short wdx, wdy; enum Gpm_Etype type; int clicks; enum Gpm_Margin margin; } Gpm_Event; However, in the "official" unpatched gpm.h from gpm 1.20.1, the structure is like this: typedef struct Gpm_Event { unsigned char buttons, modifiers; /* try to be a multiple of 4 */ unsigned short vc; short dx, dy, x, y; enum Gpm_Etype type; int clicks; enum Gpm_Margin margin; short wdx, wdy; } Gpm_Event; This causes the wire protocol used by gpm servers in Debian to be different from gpm servers in other distributions, therefore causing incorrect behaviour in applications. I see no way to distinguish a Debian gpm server from a normal one, so I cannot write a work-around on the Free Pascal side. Regards, Daniël Mantione
