* Richard Lyons (richard@the-place.net) [030731 04:20]:
> On Thursday 31 July 2003 11:30, Tom Badran wrote:
> [...]
> > you need gpm running to get a mouse on the console. (apt-get
> > install gpm)
> >
> > And you will then want to reconfigure x to read from the gpm device
> > rather than directly from the mouse
>
> Aah. You don't happen to know exactly how that configuration should
> look? On installing gpm, it does
> Configuring gpm:
> Current configuration: -m /dev/psaux -t autops2 -Rms3
> Device: /dev/psaux
> Type: autops2
> Repeat type: ms3
> Do you want to change anything (Y/n)?
>
> Err... do I?
I dunno about you, but I would. =)
Here's how I'm doing it (on a thinkpad t23, not that it really matters):
/etc/gpm.conf:
device=/dev/misc/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=raw
type=ps2
append=""
sample_rate=
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option "Protocol" "GlidePointPS/2"
EndSection
The key thing that you're missing is repeat_type=raw in the gpm.conf.
Oh, and mine says /dev/misc/psaux, which is the devfs path. /dev/psaux
is probably what you want on your system.
good times,
Vineet
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