RE: GPM for mouse
> From: Joseph A. Nagy [mailto:pagan_prince@bigfire-hsv.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:06 AM
>
> 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
> >
I do have a file called |gpmdata in /dev/ but the size is 0 and
it shows up black in mc plus it has this "|" in front
And last date changed shows just a few min. ago.
Looks like that file got corrupted somehow when I did the change to
XFConfig-4.
How do I get that file fixed?
My X id not working at all anymore until I can fix this.
And why did that happen?
--
Gruessle
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