Re: IMWheel help
I realize that the mouse won't work in both gpm and X (without the
repeat function) in many cases, but it does for me so I haven't really
questioned it (!) /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux, of course.
I have a problem with gpm occasionally not working correctly, but
'/etc/init.d/gpm restart' always fixes that.
Bob
On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:44:14AM -0500, robhr@core.com wrote:
> I notice in your config that you don't have gpm being used as a repeater
> device (I.E. the -R option). That won't work will it? I've always had
> to make gpm repeat and have X use /dev/gpmdata in order to make gpm and
> X work correctly with the mouse. How can you get gpm and X to both work
> without that option? Is your /dev/mouse a symlink to /dev/psaux as I am
> assuming?
>
> I was able to get the scrolling wheel to work if I disabled gpm and used
> the IMPS/2 protocol in the X config file (along with the ZAxisMapping),
> but I couldn't get it to work with /dev/gpmdata and MouseSystems
> protocol, which are the two I've always had to use to get X and gpm to
> play nice. Is there another way?
>
> Rob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>
> Date: Saturday, October 21, 2000 12:30 pm
> Subject: Re: IMWheel help
>
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 10:21:22AM -0500, robhr@core.com wrote:
> > > I'm trying to get m MS wheel mouse to work in X, but am having no
> > luck.
> > > I've gotten everything working but the wheel, and I'm tried
> > installing> imwheel and reading the docs, but the wheel still
> > doesn't work. I'm
> > > using the mouse in X via gpm (/dev/gpmdata), and nothing I have
> > tried> has worked. I've looked at the scrolling wheel help page,
> > but it didn't
> > > help either. According to the imwheel homepage, imwheel is
> > supposed to
> > > come with a special version of gpm, but that doesn't seem to be
> > the case
> > > with the Debian package. Can anyone help my get the wheel
> > working? Do
> > > I need that special version of gpm? Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > The following works for me:
> >
> > In /etc/X11/XF86Config (/dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux):
> >
> > Section "Pointer"
> > Protocol "IMPS/2"
> > Device "/dev/mouse"
> > ZAxisMapping 4 5
> > Buttons 7
> >
> > In /etc/gpm.conf:
> >
> > device=/dev/psaux
> > responsiveness=25
> > type=imps2
> > append="-l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\""
> > repeat_type=
> >
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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