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Re: thinkpad ps/2 mouse under X with gpm



On Wed, 16 May 2001, Wenzhuo Zhang wrote:

> > Im running debian 2.2 on a IBM Thinkpad i1200. The kernel detects a ps/2
> > mouse port. I installed gpm, wich works on the console. 
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> > I tried several setting in XF86Setup and xf86config to get the mouse
> > running under X. The only thing that works is
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> Try 
> 	Protocol	"PS/2"
> 	Device		"/dev/psaux"

No. Only one thing can grab the psaux device at a time, so at best this
will be flaky. You may need to pass extra options to gpm, or repeat it in
a different protocol.

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