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Re: mouse stops working in X



#include <hallo.h>
Patrick Boe wrote on Sat Jul 28, 2001 um 03:11:37AM:

> a few minutes into every X session, my mouse stops working. If I leave X
> for the console, where the mouse works, then go back to X, the mouse still
> doesn't work.  i can enter text in X fine.  anyone know why?  my system

How did you configure the GPM? I hope I didn't setup X and GPM to use
the same device, did you? You should modify /etc/gpm.conf to forward
mouse data to gpm's repeater device /dev/gpmdata, and configure X to use
_this_ device file.

> Dell i5000e, ATI Rage Mobility LF graphics card with 8M video memory,
> 1400x1050 LCD, PS/2 mouse.   Running woody, kernel 2.2.19, XFree86 4.0.3.

--- /etc/gpm.conf ---
#  /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=
type=ps2
#append="-R -l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\""
append="-R -S \"\""
repeat_type=msc
--- EOF ---

from XF86Config-4:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "CorePointer"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
	Option      "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
#  Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
-- 
A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems.



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