Re: Compaq Mouse vs PPP vs hostname

[Rob Lindenbusch <lfcrob@ai.org>]

Hogland, Thomas E. wrote:
> 
> Here's a question I haven't been able to find anyplace: I have Debian
> installed on a Compaq Prolinea MT, and the mouse is on a built-in port.
> GPM detects and installs this as ttyS0, coincidentally locking out the
> modem on com1/irq4/ttyS0...I tried to uninstall gpm, but it refuses to
> uninstall with dpkg, then after dpkg fails it re-starts gpm!
> 

I jst went through a similar problem with my Micron PC:

1) You don't have to re-install gpm, you can use ... a command whose
name I don't remember (something like gpmconfig - see /etc/gpm.conf - it
is mentioned there)

2) You want to tell it that the mouse is on /dev/mouse, and (in my case)
also tell it that it is a "ps2" style mouse (This is even the case if
you have a m$ mouse - don't be fooled. It seems to want a ps2 mouse if
it is on a mouse port, no matter what)

3) restart gpm, and run mev to test your mouse.


Hope this helps :)


Rob


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