Re: X Windows
Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net> writes:
I wrote:
>
> If you have a ps2 mouse, run gpm with the -R repeater switch, and
> tell X to use
>
> Protocol "MouseSystems"
> Device "/dev/gpmdata"
>
> in the "Pointer" section of your XF86Config so that you will still
> be able to use gpm when you visit the console for old time's sake.
and Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net> replied:
> I don't have to do this. I run unstable (does it make a
> difference?), and both 2.0.33 and 2.1.86. When I switch to text
> mode, the mouse immediately works. When I go back to X, it
> sometimes takes a few seconds to start functioning(the mouse).
Strange. I just checked and I still need it on unstable running
2.0.32. (Symptom: mouse does not move at all in X. Hardware: Toshiba
Tecra 730CDT laptop.) Do you have a PS/2 mouse? I understood that
the problem was that the kernel did not know how to share /dev/psaux
between two processes, and that this was on someone's 2.1 todo list,
but I never heard if anything had been done yet.
When I go back to X, it also takes about a second for the mouse to
start functioning, so I don't think that this is a symptom.
At first I was skeptical about gpm -R, but I am quite happy with it as
it seems to work transparently.
Kirk
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