Re: Still No Cursor in X

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

hammack wrote:

> Problem:  I cannot get a cursor in X with my PS/2 generic mouse.  I do 
> get a cursor in the Text mode and can cut and paste between VC's.  In 
> X I can click in the window and get menus to pop up and occasionally I 
> will lite up a button all in the blind.    Below are the two 
> configurations that work.  
>
>  
>
> XF86Config:
>
> Protocol  "PS/2"
>
> Device    "/dev/gpmdata"
>
> or
>
> Protocol  "PS/2"
>
> Device    "/dev/mouse"
>
> and gpm.conf was
>
> Device    /dev/psaux
>
> type       ps2
>
>  
>
> Now, how do I get the cursor working in X???
>
> Again thanks for the help.
>
> John   Hammack@ridgenet.net <mailto:Hammack@ridgenet.net>              
I ran into this problem just yesterday on a newly installed Woody box. 
In /etc/X11/XF86Config, the line "dev/gpmdata" is *supposed* to work, 
but my symptoms were just like what you're describing. I finally gave up 
on trying to do it the right way, and set my XF86Config file to use 
/dev/psaux. From past experience, and from what I've read, this should 
cause a conflict with gpm, yet it didn't. In fact, everything started 
working just like it's supposed to.

Kent