Re: Help with mouse
Mike Manchester said:
> Can kind sole help me? I've been a RedHat user for a number of years and
> with the release of 8.0 I've decided to switch to Debian. However there is
> one thing stopping me from making the switch.
>
> In Redhat I can use the mouse to hilite text when in Console mode (X not
> running) The mouse works fine with X. I thought it was gpm that did this
> but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm not talking about xterm X is not
> running this is the inittab level 3 mode not the inittab level 5.
unless you changed the runlevel your in runlevel 2 not 3 or 5. debian
doesn't make a distinction between runlevels 2,3,4,5.
gpm is what is used to control the mouse in the console. typical
config:
gpm -t imps2 -m /dev/psaux
for a ps/2 mouse connected to a ps/2 port
if you want to use gpm AND X at the same time then look into finding
docs on how to get X to use /dev/gpmdata (they are everywhere though
I've never needed this configuration myself so I don't know off hand).
if your mouse is USB then the device would be /dev/input/mice
be sure nothing else is using the mouse port(e.g. X) when loading
gpm. most likely it sounds like your using an incompadible protocol
with gpm, imps2 seems to be one of the better ones to use.
nate
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