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Re: Erratic mouse in tty



* Robert Mosher (mosher@andrews.edu) [020514 15:50]:
> I am trying to get my mouse to work in both X and the ttys. Originally the
> mouse worked fine in the ttys, and in X it would move about erratically,
> and click randomly. I fixed this by changing the Device to /dev/gpmdata,
> and changing gpm's repeat type to raw. (As I understand it, this causes
> gpm to keep the mouse data in it's original form, instead of converting it
> to the MicroSoft format, allowing it to be read by X in it's regular
> form). Unfortunately now the mouse is erratic, and clicks randomly in the
> ttys. I did not notice this change immediately, and believe it did not
> start until after I rebooted, though I'm not 100% certain. This problem
> happens regardless of whether X is running, or has been run. Is there
> anyway I can have my mouse in both X and the ttys? 

Has your gpm config changed at all? If not, it's very strange that its
behavior would change at all. What type of mouse is it? Does imps2 not
work? 

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Vineet
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