Re: odd gpm behavior

[Tom Huckstep <tomhuckstep@bigfoot.com>]

John Foster writes:
 > I have a similar (actually the reverse) problem since I recentely
 > upgraded to the 2.2.17 kernel. Now the mouse runs only in cut & paste
 > mode, not as a pointer. Any ideas where to start. I tried the -R options
 > and that did not work. PS2 mouse on plain potato. Not a newbie, just
 > have not updated the kernel in a while. Getting ready for new hardware.
 > X works fine.
 > John

John,

You might like to have a look at:

http://www.huckstep.uklinux.net/mle/gpm.html

I don't know if it's what you're after, but it might shed some light
on things.

Tom