Re: mouse doesnt work in console
> On Sun, 9 May 2004 11:39:39 -0600, Bob wrote:
> >>
> >Yes. Stop X first. Get it working on the console before worrying
> >about it working in X. By leaving X reading from /dev/psaux you now
> >have two different processes reading the same device.
>
> I have done that, in many diferent ways:
> - killing X and gpm, restarting gpm : nothing
> -changing /etc/X11/default-display-manager to start in console after
reboot,
> then killing gpm, and making gpmconfig using diferent configurations
(imps2,
> ps2, autops2; repeat_type raw, ms3, none): nothing
>
> I get this information related whit gpm
>
> $ ps -ef | grep gpm
> root 397 1 0 18:00 ? 00:00:00 gpm
> root 928 926 0 22:37 pts/1 00:00:00 grep gpm
>
> $ ls -l /dev/gpm*
> srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 may 9 18:00 /dev/gpmctl
> prwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 may 9 18:00 /dev/gpmdata
>
> I changed those x permissions on /dev/gpmdata (i thought it could make a
> difference, but nothing)
>
> $ ls -l /dev/psaux
> crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 may 9 22:37 /dev/psaux
>
> (I dont know what the c means)
>
> $ ls -l /var/run/gpm.pid
> -rw------- 1 root root 4 may 9 18:00 /var/run/gpm.pid
>
> $ gpm -v
> gpm 1.19.6, Thu Oct 4 00:21:21 CEST 2001
>
> I really dont know what the problem is.
>
> >Note that depending upon the presence of 'mousedev' as a kernel module
> >mouse events will be automatically repeated to /dev/input/mice which
> >should also be in your X config file. See the kernel docs on mousedev
> >for more information.
>
> I installed mousedev with modconf, but it didnt change my X config file,
it is
> still /dev/psaux.
>
> The thing is:
> /dev/psaux is the correct device
> gpm.conf is OK
> files related with gpm are OK
>
> but gpm doesnt work! what am I doing wrong?
> Thanks
>
> Andres
>
Something else you might try is compiling gpm from scratch. I had a similar
problem until I downloaded and compiled a newer version. Also, what results
do you get with:
gpm -m /dev/psaux -t imps2
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