Re: The quest for rodent power

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl> writes:

>> With that setup, and in console mode running this command:
>> # /etc/init.d/gpm force-reload
>> Stopping mouse interface server: gpm.
>> Starting mouse interface server: gpm.
>> # ps wuax|grep gpm
>> 
>> Appears as if gpm is started but nothing shows in ps output and mouse
>> doesn't work.
>> 
>> Mouse doesn't work in X with these settings either.
>
> ofcourse not, because X depends on gpm to repeat the mouse events to
> /dev/gpmdata.  Without gpm there won't be anything to read from it:)

I'm getting really confused here.  With the most recent setup I posted
I get no mouse in either console or X.  You say that is right since
gpm isn't running.

But in my original setup (posted againg below), X mouse does work but
there is no gpm running there either.  Sorry to be so dense here, but
I think I'm still missing some fundemental aspect of this.

Settings that do work in X only: 

First we establish that gpm is not running:

root # /etc/init.d/gpm force-reload
Stopping mouse interface server: gpm.
Starting mouse interface server: gpm.

root # ps waux|grep gpm
   <nothing>

Gpm isn't running

/etc/gpm.conf
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=ms3
type=ps2
append=""
sample_rate=

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
[...]
Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "CorePointer"
   Option      "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
   Option      "Protocol"     "PS/2"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
   Option      "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Generic Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
   Option      "Device"    "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "Protocol"     "ImPS/2"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
   Option      "ZAxisMapping"    "4 5"
EndSection

[...]
Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier  "Default Layout"
   Screen      "Default Screen"
   InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
   InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
   InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
[...]

Mouse works in X with above settings.