Re: gpm problem

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Linas Zvirblis wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
> > This is the problem:
> >
> > "At times", after a copying and pasting operation, the mouse cursor 
> > disappears and the last item copied appears at the prompt all the 
> > time. In midnight commander, with the gpm option enabled, all lines 
> > are selected all the time when the mouse is moved.
> >
> > Starting stopping gpm do nothing. I have to reboot for the mouse 
> > cursor to appear again.
>
> Are you running X and gpm at the same time? If they both are configured 
> to use the same device, conflicts may occur and gpm may stop responding.
>
> If this is the case, you can configure gpm to repeat mouse events and 
> set /dev/gpmdata as mouse device in X configuration file. Here are mine:
>
> gpm.conf:
>
>  device=/dev/input/mice
>  responsiveness=
>  repeat_type=raw
>  type=imps2
>  append=''
>  sample_rate=
>
> xorg.conf:
>
>  Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/gpmdata"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "false"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>  EndSection

Thanks Linas!

I indeed have both gpm and X pointing to the same device.

Complicating factor: I have 2 monitors with their own keyboards and 
mice, both mice are USB with 2 scroll wheels. On one of those monitors I 
get textconsoles for using gpm.

My section InputDevice for the gpm mouse is:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier   "Mouse0"
        Driver       "mouse"
        Option       "Dev Name"              "A4Tech USB Optical Mouse"
        Option       "Protocol"              "evdev"
        Option       "Device"                "/dev/input/mouse0br"
        Option       "Dev Phys"              "usb-0000:00:10.1-1/input0"
        Option       "ZAxisMapping"          "6 7 4 5"
        Option       "Buttons"               "12"
EndSection


I notice something funny: the "Device" and "Dev Phys" options do not 
point at the same thing: it should be /dev/input/mouse1br. Who knows why 
it works  ;-)

I'll try eliminating the "Dev Phys" option and setting the "Device" 
option to /dev/gpmdata.

Let you know.

H