Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:23:07AM -0400, Mental wrote:
> On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 03:11:56AM -0700, Ed Slocomb wrote:
> > I just installed the frozen potato, and the cold spud tried to make me use
> > xf86config to generate my XF86Config file. I outsmarted the icy tuber by
> > hitting ctl-C and then saying "no" every time it asked me again, and then
> > I used the bronze tool known as XF86Setup to get a suboptimal but perfectly
> > functional XF86Config file in place. On the way, I had to get rid of the
> > electric yo-yo known as gpm, because it was hijacking my mouse. If I were
> > in charge, I'd drop gpm's priority to "optional" before releasing 2.2, but
> > then I always purge the dratted package anyway.
> >
> > If I run out of ways to kill time at work, I'll do what other debian users
> > do when they want a thorough X config-- I'll go out on the net and beg users
> > of other distros and similar hardware for relevant snippets of their
> > XF86Config files.
>
>
> You know, you CAN use gpm and have it work quite nicely with X. This
> issue has come up and been answered several times while I've been on
> this list (about 3 weeks).
>
> Hint: use /dev/gpmdata as your Pointer for X.
Why? I've got gpm running to use the mouse on the console, and in
my XF86Config the pointer section uses /dev/mouse, which is linked
to /dev/psaux. And everything works just fine. Worked just fine
when I was running slink, worked just fine when I was running potato,
and still works just fine running woody.
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