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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.
-- 
David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/



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