Re: Still No Cursor in X About to give up!!
did you try to turn off the gpm? you might have better luck to first
try to make it work under X without gpm.
I have tried various mouse settings recently and got to the point that
mouse refused to work at all, both in gpm and X. I had to reboot, not
sure what happened. so try to turn o gpm completely off (so that it's
not even started during boot) and try to solve the mouse-in-X probl;em
first.
erik
hammack wrote:
>
> Casey, good eye on my type-O. The gpm.conf file type does read ps2.
> While I thought I was closer I am not. For a couple of times I had a 1
> square inch cursor in the X mode. But it went away. When I committed out
> the lines below in my XF86Config file I got the square cursor. Then I tried
> changing the Resolution (I don't know what that does) at 500 I got a 1-1/2 x
> 1/4 inch black vertical line. In both the large cursors the upper left
> point got response on point and click. Then the cursor went away as I went
> in and out of X.
> Having been at this for about a month I am about readly to try other
> options.
> 1. Another Distro
> 2. Another appeal for help
> 3. Go skiing.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hammack" <john_hammack@ridgecrest.ca.us>
> To: <casey@trifocus.net>
> Cc: "User Debian" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; "Andrea Vettorello"
> <molotov@dei.unipd.it>; "Xucaen" <xucaen@yahoo.com>; <westk@acu.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:11 PM
> Subject: Fw: Still No Cursor in X Now Closer!
>
> > Casey, I am now closer. I used your conf and got a cursor about 1"
> square
> > in the X windows. It looks as if the upper left corner is the cursor
> point.
> > So now I have to get the cursor down to real life size. Below is the conf
> I
> > currently have that worked thanks to you. Note the lines that I commetted
> > out. Thanks! John. Here is my present config: Any suggestions on where
> I
> > go from here??
> > gpm.conf:
> > device=/dev/psaux
> > responsiveness=
> > repeat_type=raw
> > type=ps2
> > append=""
> > ------------
> > XF86Config Pointer section:
> > Section "Pointer"
> > Protocol "PS/2"
> > Device "/dev/gpmdata"
> > # BaudRate 1200
> > # Emulate3Timeout 50
> > # Resolution 100
> > # Buttons 3 this line was commeted out before
> > # Emulate3Buttons
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Casey Webster" <casey@trifocus.net>
> > To: "Kent West" <westk@acu.edu>
> > Cc: "hammack" <hammack@ridgenet.net>; "User Debian"
> > <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: Still No Cursor in X
> >
> >
> > > sorry for the blank first message, hit ctrl-x instead of c...
> > >
> > > here is what is in my gpm.conf, and XF86Config, my mouse works fine
> under
> > > X and in console at the same time
> > >
> > > gpm.conf:
> > > device=/dev/psaux
> > > responsiveness=
> > > repeat_type=raw
> > > type=ps2
> > > append=""
> > >
> > > XF86Config:
> > > Section "Pointer"
> > > Protocol "PS/2"
> > > Device "/dev/gpmdata"
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > -casey
> > >
> > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Kent West wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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
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