Here we go again. On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 03:10:32PM +0200, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > > As the gpm maintainer I will try and stay polite and explain some > > things. > > > > <snip> > > On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 07:46:51PM +0200, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > > > I had the same problems when using the new defaults (-R ms3 and > > > Intellimouse on /dev/gpmdata). > > > > Can you please give specifics? > > Yes. I have an old serial mousesystems on ttyS0. I configured gpm (1.17.8-18) > with: > > device=/dev/ttyS0 > responsiveness=20 > repeat_type=ms3 > type=msc > append="" > > the X sever (xserver-svga 3.3.6-10) with: > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "intellimouse" > Device "/dev/gpmdata" > EndSection > > and set the mouse acceleration in .xsession with: > > xset m 1 1 > > With these settings the mouse works but it has a very annoying "deceleration" > effect on the X cursor: when moving the mouse slowly the cursor has a normal > speed but when moving it faster the cursor moves very slowly. Under console > the mouse behaves normally. Using a mouse with this behavior makes you sick > so I had to configure gpm and X with the default msc repeater type. Have you tried it without the xset? This is definitely a X acceleration error, nothing to do with gpm. > > > > Another nasty thing is that if you use the task-selection interface gpm > > > is not installed by default and there is no way to add it manually to the > > > package list. > > > > Eww, I will have to get that corrected. > > gpm should be installed by default or even better be included in the base > system. Perhaps, there are arguments both ways. > > > <snip> > > > > Repeating in /ANY/ protocol except ms3/IntelliMouse is NOT an option, it > > will not work with X4, the ONLY protocol which will work for gpm > > repeating to X4 is ms3/IntelliMouse. > > This seems not correct. I have never tried X4 but other users reported that > msc on gpmdata works fine also with X4. > > Anyway if msc and other protocols didn't work with gpmdata I would consider > this a severe bug of X4 which should be fixed as soon as possible. File a bug against X4 then, but don't count on it being handled anytime soon, and I don't feel like rewriting gpm to use something other then fifos to communicate for repeating. > > > Raw is just screaming loudly for it to break, msc no longer works and > > does not support the features of newer mice, there is exactly one > > option, ms3/IntelliMouse. > > > > Further having X and gpm try to coexist without repeating is also a > > non-option, on some systems it breaks badly. > > > > Thus, we have three possible choices. > > > > 1: gpm installed without X, no problems. > > > > 2: X installed without gpm, no mouse under console, but otherwise no > > problems. > > > > 3: gpm and X installed with gpm repeating to X in the ms3/IntelliMouse > > protocol. > > > > There are no other options, these are the only configurations which will > > work on all systems. > > As I explained before this doesn't work on my system, so I suggest: > > 4: gpm and X installed with gpm repeating to X in the msc/MouseSystems > protocol. For values of 'doesn't work' which equals misset set X accel settings. MouseSystems/msc also drops info for mouse with little features like the wheel, and X4 attempts to speak to the mouse in said protocol. Zephaniah E. Hull. > > -- > Massimo Dal Zotto > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Massimo Dal Zotto email: dz@cs.unitn.it | > | Via Marconi, 141 phone: ++39-0461534251 | > | 38057 Pergine Valsugana (TN) www: http://www.cs.unitn.it/~dz/ | > | Italy pgp: see my www home page | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > -- PGP EA5198D1-Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>-GPG E65A7801 Keys available at http://whitestar.soark.net/~warp/public_keys. CCs of replies from mailing lists are encouraged. Having been the victim of forgeries myself, I sympathise. I've still got my nutcraker handy for the day I identify and catch the scum... -- Richard Gooch on l-k.
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