Re: tpconfig

[Derek Broughton <dbroughton@netcom.ca>]

On November 15, 2001 07:29 am, Goran Ristic wrote:
> Hi Daniel!
>
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> > Dell Inspiron 8100 running woody.  The touchpad is so sensitive
> > that it's almost unusable.  I'm constantly clicking when I mean
> > to only move the mouse.
>
> You've got to use the following settings in your XF86Config:
...
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse1"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> And you should disable gpm for your mouse on the console.
>
> I manually start gpm on the console. - It works right for me here.

That is as informative as the tpconfig documentation.  Explain 
"disable gpm for...the console"?  Are you suggesting that gpm should 
not run for X or that it should?  When are you using gpm and when 
not?  What use would it be on a console, anyway?  I _did_ try this 
configuration, and it didn't work at all for me.  I have no 
/dev/input/mice
--
derek