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Re: Mouse problems in X.



On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 05:04:57PM -0500, luke b wrote:

> I am having problems with my Logitech PS2 mouse in X.  GPM is set to use 
> /dev/psaux for the mouse and it works perfectly.  In X, I set the mouse to 
> use /dev/psaux as well.  I can move the mouse, but it moves really fast at 
> the very bottom of the screen and I can't control it.  And when I set the 
> mouse in X to /dev/mouse it doesn't work at all.  I noticed that /dev/mouse 
> was a symbolic link to /dev/gpmdata, if that matters.  Someone please help!!

GPM and X conflict..
try setting up X to use /dev/gpmdata and let GPM act as a
'Repeater'. see GPM's manpage for information.. just set 'repeat_type'
in /etc/gpm.conf to 'raw'.

   moritz
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