Re: GPM for mouse
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:46:21AM -0600, James Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:55:50PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > | On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:41:05PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> > | > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:07:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > | > [...]
> > | > | gpm is a massive pain in the ass to deal with,
> > | >
> > | > Care to explain? (I disagree, gpm is a piece of cake)
> > |
> > | gpm complicates configuring XF86 badly from my experience. It's like
> > | trying to grow anything hydroponically: It can be done, but it really
> > | complicates things.
> >
> > The complication is eliminated if you follow two guidelines :
> > 1) don't try to have two processes fighting over a device, let
> > gpm have the device and X reads from gpm's repeater
> >
> > 2) use the same protocol for both (duh! it's the same mouse, it
> > better be the same protocol :-)) (and set gpm's
> > repeat_type to raw)
> >
> > I've never had any interaction problems following these rules. I have
> > seen many people get confused and/or misconfigured by the combination,
> > but the above has always worked.
> >
> 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.
>
Try setting repeat_type=raw in /etc/gpm.conf and the point the mouse in
X to /dev/gpmdata and use the driver for the mouse. Make sure that the
isn't another mouse configuration using /dev/psaux or similar (sometimes
there is more then one mouse configured, make sure that the right one is
used).
Last time I checked with a usb logitech optical mouse using imps/2
(don't remember the exact case of that) there was a problem with one
direction of the wheel, don't know what exactly is needed to see that
bug and I don't use that mouse much (its a laptop) so I don't know if
it still persists.
> Thanks, James
>
>
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