Re: Mouse Doesn't Work with X

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

gabe lamarche <gblamarche@yahoo.com> writes:
> I had this same thing happening to me.  The problem seems to be some
> kind of conflict with gpm (the terminal mouse package).  I found that
> if I turned stopped gpm my mouse worked fine in X.
> 
> To stop gpm I switch to a virtual consol via Ctrl^ Alt^ F1, logged in
> and issued the comand  killall gpm.  
> 
> Not a great solution, I suppose if you don't need gpm package,
> uninstalling it would also resolve the problem.

First, the best way to stop gpm would be:

/etc/init.d/gpm stop

If you're not actually using gpm (it's a program to allow you to use
the mouse when on a console, similar to how you use the mouse in a
xterm) then just turn it off completely and delete it from your bootup
procedure, ie.,

/etc/init.d/gpm stop
update-rc.d -f gpm remove

(Not sure if you need the "-f" or not).

Gary