Re: GPM for mouse
On Wednesday 17 December 2003 11:38 am, Kent West wrote:
> James Miller wrote:
> >Ok. This thread has piqued (not to be confused with peaked or
> > peeked) my interest. I've just set up a Debian machine and was
> > hoping to use gpm, since I like to use alot of console apps in
> > virtual terminals. Having gpm running was wreaking (not to be
> > confused with reeking) havoc with the mouse under X - even though I
> > had X trying to read mouse output from /dev/gpmdata. The only way
> > I could get the mouse cursor to get back to normal behavior under X
> > was killall gpm. So, what was I doing wrong? I'd be delighted if
> > I could get gpm to cooperate with the mouse cursor under X.
>
> Your /etc/gpm.conf file will look something like:
>
> device=/dev/psaux
> responsiveness=25
> type=imps2
> repeat_type=raw
>
>
> and your /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 file, Input Device section will look
> something like:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Notice that gpm needs to repeat the "raw" (not to be confused with a
> Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader's "rah" or the Egyptian sungod "Ra"), and X
> needs to read from gpm's repeated data on /dev/gpmdata.
>
> Note also that the protocol (minus formatting) needs to be the same
> in both places.
>
> That should do (not to be confused with wetness on the grass "dew" or
> dog droppings on the grass "doo") it.
>
> --
> Kent
What about USB Logitech mice?
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