Re: PS/2 mouse (Hewlett packard name on mouse) works with gpm ...not with X11
Is it a wheel mouse? Your symptoms sound like it is one of the
HP rebranded Logitech Wheel Mice. They use the IMPS/2 protocal.
Greg
* Walter Tautz (wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
> Ok I have a PS/2 mouse with HP name on it. I have checked the plug
> and it definitely has 6 pins in it. Now when I type startx
> he mouse pointer appers on the center of screen but as soon as
> I move the mouse the mouse pointer seems to disappear and gets
> stuck on the edge of the screen....it does move but it seems
> like it is moving so fast and the original mouse point
> shaped like
>
>
> __
> |\
> | \
> \
> \
>
> is no longer visible. Instead it looks like an inverted
> arrow
>
> |
> |
> \|/
> ------------
>
>
> to be stuck at the bottom and to the side boundaries of my screen.
>
>
> XF86Config has
> Protocol "ps/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
>
>
> where /dev/mouse is a softlink to /dev/gpmdata
>
>
> my gpm.conf file has
>
>
> # /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=
> repeat_type=ms3
> type=ps2
> append=""
>
>
>
> -walter
>
>
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