On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 09:10:33AM -0600, Donald J Bindner wrote:
> > I haven't seen a single system where gpm caused any damage. Sure, sometimes
> > the mouse type options were confusing when it came to my no-name mouses and
> > I had to fiddle with it, but I can say the same for a lot of the other
> > standard packages.
>
> I have gpm running on a system with the repeater so I can use X
> as well. It would say that at least once a week, gpm dies and I
> have no mouse in X. I have to su and restart it.
>
> I don't know if you would call that "causing damage", but it is
> certainly inconvenient.
If you're on ia32, you can either switch to a USB mouse or apply the input
core patches to resolve this problem. /dev/input/mouse<n> is guaranteed
to support multiple opens by design, and can be configured as PS/2,
Intellimouse PS/2, and in more recent kernels Explorer PS/2 as well. It
is also standard practice to set up X to use /dev/input/mice, does a
better job of letting you use several input devices than gpm ever did.
This is a good thing if you have one of those nifty little graphire's.
A lot of people want to see the input core patches go into 2.5, but it
depends a lot on driver porting efforts. Currently input core's support
is mostly limited to USB and ia32 hardware, and even then I'm not sure if
it supports serial mice other than Microsoft, Intellimouse, Explorer, or
Mouse Systems. I do recall that it did not, at last check, support
ThinkingMouse, the protocol used by the Kensington Thinking Mouse and
Expert Mouse, and I believe devices using these protocols are still on the
market (unless the PS/2 Expert Mouse with the scrolley wheel now uses the
Explorer protocol..)
Anyway, it's worth a shot if you're looking for a better solution.
--
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'em unloaded and locked up in a cupboard, and only bring them out when
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