Bug#2351: xdm doesn't detect gpm mouse lock

[Kevin M Bealer <kmb203@psu.edu>]

On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, roro wrote:

>
> Doesn't the additional "-R" parameter for gpm solves the problem as well?
> Search for "repeater" in the gmp manpage.
>
> /etc/X11/XF86Config:
> Section "Pointer"
>     Protocol "mousesystems"
>     Device "/dev/gpmdata"
> EndSection
>
> mfg
> Rolf Rossius
>

I haven't tried this yet, but it looks like the way to go... I guess this
makes it a minor affair, but it would be nice if the gpm install script
asked 'Plan to use X11 (y/n)?' since installing xdm and selecting
start-on-boot and then selecting gpm effectively breaks the system.
.

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