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!!
In /etc/gpm.conf, add the -R switch to send the output from gpm to the
named pipe /dev/gpmdata. In X, use either /dev/gpmdata or /dev/mouse,
protocol MouseSystems.
# /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1)
#
device=/dev/psaux
type=ps2
#
# note: the "-B 321" will show right-handers what it's like for a
# left-hander to live in a right-handed world.
#
append="-B 321 -R"
# responsiveness=
Caveat: apparently this elegant solution breaks with the next release
of XFree86. See xfree86.org homepage.
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