Re: Update shouldn't nuke XF86Config-4
I'm not sure, but I think maybe the change to my XF86Config-4 file was done by
the GPM update.
I think one is supposed to be able to get X and GPM to run on the same machine,
but I couldn't get it to work. What you are supposed to do is read /dev/gpmdata
as the mouse device - but this didn't work for me.
I didn't want to give up on it so what I do is stop GPM before I start X. I use
some other device for my mouse data.
But besides the protocol being changed to PS/2, the device was changed to
/dev/gpmdata.
I did get a question about GPM, but only whether I wanted to restart it. I said
"no".
So maybe the problem is in GPM assuming it should write into XF86Config-4 - does
the package do that when it updates?
Aside from that, if my mouse needs the protocol MouseManPlusPS/2, is there a way
I can have GPM and X running on the same machine?
Michael D. Crawford
GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting
http://www.goingware.com/
crawford@goingware.com
Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.
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