Re: X server can't find mouse
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:45:46PM -0700, David wrote:
> If problems persist, you may want to consider dumping gpm all together. It
> was giving me problems once upon a time, and I've never missed it any time
> I've removed it. It doesn't seem to provide much functionality beyond the
> ability to use your mouse in console mode, which seemed fairly worthless to
> me. Someone can probably tell you a much better use for the thing, but it
> never did much for my comp.
Well, that alone seems pretty valuable to me! But then, I've got a frame
buffer console with pretty nice resolution, and it's so nice to be able to
copy between one virtual console and the other. I could live without X
pretty easily, with gpm... just my $.02.
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David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
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