Re: No mouse in gpm: Resolved-Sort Of
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:26:03 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>Mark Healey wrote:
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>>In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to
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>>If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify:
>>mouse location: /dev/psaux
>>mouse type: ps/2
>>repeat type: raw
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>>For my generic ps2 type mouse.
>>
>>I've done that and still no cursor. I booted knoppix and it detected
>>the generic ps2 mouse at /dev/psaux and it worked correctly.
>>
>>What do I check next?
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>Just to verify; you are looking for a cursor in the _console_? Not a
>terminal window within X?
>
>Try "cat /dev/psaux" and move the mouse around; you should get a bunch
>of garbage on the screen (ctrl-c to quit - your screen may freeze and/or
>the text become unreadable; if so, try blindly typing "reset"). This
>verifies that the mouse is on /dev/psaux. Also, when you run
>"gpmconfig", you should get an option to test your settings; answer
>"Yes" and move the mouse around; you should see a cursor (ctrl-d to quit
>the test).
>
>Is this a stock kernel, or did you roll your own? If you rolled your
>own, I suspect you're missing psaux mouse support.
After trying several different values in gpm.conf, on a wile hair, I
decided to try bypassing my KVM switch. That fixed it.
This problem doesn't exist in Knoppix.
It kind of sucks having an extra mouse on the table but I can live
with that for a while.
It looks like something determines that there is no mouse attached
when it goes through the KVM. Is anything I can do to fix this.
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