Re: A couple of debian bugs...
Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 May 1996, Bill C. Bartley wrote:
>
> > Here are a couple of problems I have encountered
> > while using Debian 1.1:
> >
> > 1. emacs - when initializing I get this message:
> > emacs: can't resolve symbol 'panedWidgetClass'
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> >
> > 2. gpm - must be killed or X won't start, even though I have a serial
> > mouse. According to the docs, this should only be true with busmice.
> >
> Gpm and X don't play well together. There is an option you can start gpm
> with (see man page) that should make it work with X. If this doesn't work
> you just have to kick it out to use X.
Dale and Bill,
Bill is correct that the serial mouse should work with X and gpm without
applying any special magic. I switch between X and console mode and use my
serial mouse easily in each. I have even tried to break it by moving the
mouse and holding down buttons while switching. This also works when I
switch between a console running a svgalib program and X or text (with gpm).
Bill, why don't you email me your XF86Config file (you could send just the
mouse section) and your gpm init file (/etc/init.d/gpm). Also, a listing of
/dev/*mouse* will be useful. Finally, tell me what you can about your mouse
and how it is connected.
Just email me for now, and I'll bounce it back to debian-devel if I cannot
find a problem with your configs.
PS: emacs works fine on my system and I have never seen that problem, so I
cannot help with that.
--
Jeff Ebert
ebert@pobox.com
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