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Re: gpm, USB mouse, Linux 2.4.4



On Mon, 21 May 2001 19:11:24 -0700
sam@oddbox.org wrote:

> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:29:45AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Ever since booting 2.4.4 (this could be a coincidence), my mouse is no
> > longer working with gpm (it works fine for X; although gpm doesn't
> > work even with X not running). I have tried restarting gpm, but it
> > doesn't help (the pointer never appears). Any ideas why? My gpm.conf
> 
> The input layer has changed for the better in 2.4, make sure you have full USB hid support, and that data comes out of /dev/input/mice when you move the mouse
> gpm repeating is obsolete because input/mice can be read by x and gpm simultaneously.
> 
> The protocol on /dev/input/mice is an emulated IMPS/2, so use that for X and gpm..

Actually it's autodetected by the kernel, and can also be ExplorerPS/2, NetMousePS/2,
and some others.

Regards,

Alex.

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