Re: Microsoft mouse in X11
> Okay, I'm a complete beginner in Linux and I really need help in trying to
> configure the X-windows system. I can't configure the mouse to work at all. I
> read on XFree's site that I needed to download the gpm1-13 package and use
> the mouseman protocol. Unfortunately, this requires libc6. I already have
> libc5 installed, and libc6 conflicts with this package. However, libc5 is
> required by too many other packages. Do I have to upgrade the libc5 package?
> How do I work around this problem?
> I should also add that the libc6 and gpm1-13 packages were from the unstable
> catagory, whereas the libc5 package was a stable one. Could this be a problem?
Which version of XFree are you using ?
I think that the one from bo (debian 1.3.1) will not need the gpm package.
And, more important, both it and gpm will work with libc5.
However: 1) If you have a newly hardware which is not comptiable with older
one, then bo's XFree might not work. 2) Linux is going to use libc6 as its
standard C library.
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