Bug#2351: xdm doesn't detect gpm mouse lock
Kevin M Bealer <kmb203@psu.edu> wrote:
>Package: xbase
>Version: 3.1.2-7
>
>According to dpkg -l :
>
>ii xbase 3.1.2 7 XFree86 3.1.2 base distribution.
>ii gpm 1.00 11 A mouse event server for the Linux
>console ii xserver-s3 3.1.2 3 XFree86 3.1.2 S3 server
>
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>
>If I run startx it complains that it cannot get the mouse resource, and
>when
>I kill gpm, it runs without a problem. It appears that xdm is fine, but
>the
>X server keeps failing.
I had this problem when using a PS/2 mouse. The solution was to use MCONV2
which allowed both X and gdm to have control of the mouse. I used this
solution with an old Slackware installation, but have not tested it with
Debian.
The lsm entry for mconv2 is:
> Begin3
> Title: mconv2
> Version: 0.1
> Entered-date: Fri Jan 27 1995
> Description: Allows more than one programs to use a ps/2-style mouse
> simultaneously, and also the use of programs which doesn't
> understand the ps/2 mouse protocol, but does understand
> the microsoft serial mouse protocol (like svgalibdoom).
> Keywords: ps/2, mouse, svgalib, doom
> Author: Johan Myreen, modifications by Frode V. Fjeld.
> Maintained-by: frodef@stud.cs.uit.no (Frode V. Fjeld)
> Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Misc
> End
I hope this helps.
Chris
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