Re: mouse hangs under X on Savage/MX

[Frank Mehnert <fm3@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>]

On Sunday 06 May 2001 01:05, Radu Muschevici wrote:

> Very often, the mouse pointer just freezes while moving.
> Unfreezing is possible by opening a new window (via keyboard shortcut),
> but it is very anoying and makes working under X impossible.

[...]

> Section "InputDevice"	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
> 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
> 	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> EndSection

Thinkpad T20 with Savage/MX here, no problems.

If you use gpm, you have to configure it as a repeater:

  === /etc/gpm.conf ===
  device=/dev/psaux
  responsiveness=
  repeat_type=raw
  type=ps2
  append=""

Note the repeat_type=raw option!!!

  === /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ===
  Section "InputDevice"
          Identifier      "Generic Mouse"
          Driver          "mouse"
          Option          "CorePointer"
          Option          "Device"        "/dev/gpmdata"
          Option          "Protocol"      "ps/2"
          Option          "Buttons"       "3"
  EndSection


Frank
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