Re: tpconfig

[Daniel D Jones <ddjones@riddlemaster.org>]

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On Saturday 17 November 2001 12:35, Derek Broughton wrote:

> > > And you should disable gpm for your mouse on the console.
> > I currently don't have gpm installed.  I wasn't aware that it was
> > required for tpconfig to work.  I interpreted the brief directions
>
> Hmm.  I was sure that it _was_ needed, but given your experience I
> reinstalled tpconfig (finally in the Debian binaries) and tried again
> - viola!  "tpconfig --tapmode=0" works great.

Where did you put the command?  In a config file or did you run if from a 
terminal?  Under 2.4.14, I get an error running it from a terminal - timed 
out waiting to read from device.  The kernel patch is supposed to correct 
that, but the most recent one they have is for 2.4.2 and the patch reports 
that it fails in two places.

> >  Does tpconfig work ONLY with gpm? Anyone know why?  I assumed that
>
> Obviously not, but I'm not the only person who had gathered that you
> had to use gpm.

Cool.  I think I'll drop Bruck Kall a line and let him know that the website 
is confusing a number of people.

> I'm still not  exactly sure what tapmode does, but it doesn't disable
> tapping altogether - I still use it for left clicks - it just makes
> it manly (ie, insensitive :-) ).

I'd rather just turn it off but giving it a testosterone injection would be 
fine with me. <G>

> Thanks for giving me the impetus to finally get mine working right -
> now to see if I can teach it that a corner tap is a middle-button
> click!

Good luck!
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