Re: x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:47:34 -0800, ben wrote:
>On Thursday 31 January 2002 10:26 pm, Gary Turner wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 18:47:48 +1300 (NZDT), Cameron Kerr wrote:
>> >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Claus [ISO-8859-1] ladekjær wilson wrote:
>> >>Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and nobody knows where.
>> >>Then it disappears. I tried to work around with /etc/X11/XF86Config on
>> >>basis of older XF86Config's but with no good result. What is wrong?
>>
>> From somewhere on the list, I got the word to make repeat_type=raw in
>> /etc/gpm.conf. I don't recall whether I did it manually or by
>> /usr/sbin/gpmconfig
>>
>> In any case, it tamed my wild mouse which was acting as you describe.
>
>you forgot the part about setting the mouse to /dev/gpmdata in
>/etc/X11/XF86Config.
I dinna do that. I have
Device "/dev/mouse"
Then in /dev
mouse -> gpmdata
And you're right, I forgot about it. Bad Gary, bad, bad Gary
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Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
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