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Re: Toshiba Mouse Problem



On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 03:22:17PM -0500, Stanley J. Benes wrote:
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm using 2.1 (slink?) on a Toshiba satellite pro 410CDT laptop. It has a built
> in mouse-like device called an accu-point.
> 
> I've been trying to use gpm with the built in device without success. I read a
> few web pages about the toshiba and its mouse, and I've tried just about every
> gpm combonation (e.g., -t ps2, nrc others).
> 
Here's the /etc/gpm.conf which works for my Satellite Pro 400CS:

mothra:~$ cat /etc/gpm.conf
#  /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.
#
#  This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and is created and
#  modified by /usr/sbin/gpmconfig.
#
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
type=ps2
append="-R "

I use the relay option to provide a mouse device at /dev/gpm for X, this
seems to make it a little more stable.

Also, if you are using a custom kernel make sure it has ps/2 mouse support
compiled in. If you are not using a custom kernel you really should do so
because the standard kernels don't have APM support built in.

HTH,

your pal dave

-- 
Dave Thayer
Denver, Colorado USA
dthayer@netcom.com david.thayer@state.co.us


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