Re: The quest for rodent power

[Simon Hepburn <sth@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On Tuesday 05 Mar 2002 5:25 pm, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> My current (non-working) gpm.conf:
> device=/dev/psaux
> responsiveness=
> repeat_type=raw
> type=ps2
> append=""
> sample_rate=

Looks reasonable.....try this from console as root:

#gpm-mouse-test 

Anything useful ? If not, re-run gpmconfig, when you get to mouse type, type 
help. You should see a list of all the supported mice types including some 
odd ps2 ones. Suck 'em and see.


> My current XF86Config (in part)
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier  "gpm-mouse"
>    Driver      "mouse"
>    Option      "CorePointer"
>    Option      "Device"    "/dev/gpmdata"
>    Option      "Protocol"     "PS/2"
>    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> #   Option      "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"  (This is now commented)
> EndSection

Comment out "Emulate3Buttons" line. You have the real thing - why emulate ?

> The final piece of the puzzle:
>
>    Section "ServerLayout"
>       Identifier  "Default Layout"
>       Screen      "Default Screen"
>       InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
>       InputDevice "gpm-mouse" "CorePointer"
>    #  InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
>    EndSection

Looks good.

If all that lot fails  *purge* gpm and reinstall.

If even that fails then your mouse has some seriously bad karma - throw it in 
the bin and get a new one :-)

Simon Hepburn.