RE: Mouse Doesn't Work with X
Hi,
try setting gpm repeat protocol to none.
-f.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Hennigan [mailto:glhenni@sandia.gov]
> Sent: miércoles 23 de agosto de 2000 17:07
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Mouse Doesn't Work with X
>
>
> 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
>
>
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