Re: Compaq Mouse vs PPP vs hostname
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Rob Lindenbusch wrote:
> 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)
^^^^^^^^^^
This only works if /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/psmouse or /dev/psaux.
See my config file. ( I use gpm in repeater mode so it can stay loaded
when I run X-windows.
# /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1)
# Written by Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
#
# Mostly self-explanatory. If you mouse seems to be to slow, try
# to set responsiveness=15, append contains some random arguments appended
# to the commandline.
#
device=/dev/psmouse
responsiveness=
type=ps2
append="-R"
> 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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