Re: The quest for rodent power

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net> writes:

> /usr/sbin/gpm -D -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -Rraw
>
> The -D should be very helpful here; it should keep gpm running in the
> foreground and log messages to stderr. Leave that going on a console to
> see what's going wrong. If gpm just won't start at all, that's a
> problem.

That gives me some almost laughable output:

root # /usr/sbin/gpm -D -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -Rraw
Alarm clock

But still not running:
root # ps waxu|grep gpm
   <nothing>

Also to clear the record here.  Some are suggesting
/etc/init.d/gpm is not present or other such basic things.

I think the fact that this command has any output at all indicates
that all is well in that quarter:

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

Its just that nothing actually happens.