RE: Mouse Doesn't Work with X
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, gabe lamarche wrote:
> 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.
>
> Gabe Lamarche
> gblamarche@yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> PETER WROTE:
> Greetings all,
>
> I just installed my first copy of Linux.
>
> Problem:
> X starts fine. I can use ALT key combinations to get a pop up menu
> and
> select menu items. However, I can't use my mouse. That is, neither
> clicking nor moving the mouse has any effect.
>
> What I did:
> I confirmed that my mouse is, in fact, PS/2.
> I confirmed that my mouse is connected to the correct port.
> I boot Linux.
> I login-ed as root.
> I ran 'xf86config' and selected 'PS/2' as my mouse.
> I started X.
> Mouse doesn't work. :-(
>
> What I checked:
> A coworker helping me checked the boot log with 'dmesg'. We found a
> line
> that says "Detected PS/2 Mouse Port". Sound like good news...
> We checked to see if the XF86Config file was written write. Sure
> enough,
> the mouse is PS/2. This looks good too...
>
> My plea:
> I don't know what the heck is going on here. What could be wrong? Can
> someone please help?
>
> If I've commited any Netiquette rudeness or some such, I apologize in
> advance. I'm new to this! :-) I think I've described the problem in
> sufficient detail; however, if I've left some important information
> out,
> then please tell me. I'll be more than happy to respond.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
>
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I can't remember which one, but you have to change the script that starts
gpm or the gpm config file to not use the -R flag. It is either the init
script /etc/init.d/gpm or in it's config file /etc/gpm.conf. Also make sure
you have you XF86Config file using the real device (/dev/psaux for PS/2
mouse). You could also tell XF86Config to use /dev/gpmdata, but this is
not guaranteed to work properly all the time.
After starting gpm you can do 'ps aux | less' and if you look you will see
the -Rxxx flag with the gpm process that is the culprit. That is what you
need to turn off.
Dan
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