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RE: Mouse Doesn't Work with X



Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: debian-user@Mills-USA.com
> [mailto:debian-user@Mills-USA.com]On Behalf Of W. Paul Mills
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:09 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Mouse Doesn't Work with X
>
>
>
> The way to make ALL of this work is:
>
>
> IN FILE /etc/gpm.conf:
>
> #  /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1)
> #
> #  If mouse response seems to be to slow, try using
> #  responsiveness=15. append can contain any random arguments to be
> #  appended to the commandline.
> #
> #  If you edit this file by hand, please be aware it is sourced by
> #  /etc/init.d/gpm and thus all shell meta characters must be
> #  protected from evaluation (i.e. by quoting them).
> #
> #  This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and can be modified by
> #  /usr/sbin/gpmconfig.
> #
> device=/dev/psaux
> responsiveness=
> type=ps2
> append="-R"
>
> THEN IN FILE /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
>
> Section "Pointer"
>    Protocol        "MouseSystems"
>    Device          "/dev/gpmdata"
>    BaudRate        1200
>    Emulate3Timeout 50
>    Resolution      100
> EndSection
>
>
>
>
>
> Federico Silva <fSilva@santarosa.com.uy> wrote:
> : 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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