On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 02:16:29PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:I often switch to console for several tasks where gpm is running of course. After switching back to the X screen the mouse disappeared sometimes or showes very strange effects (like simulating >right-clicks where I havn't done something of this kind). The mouse cursor >vanishes in this case. After about twenty seconds moving the mouse around and clicking the buttons the curso reappears and all seems to work normally.[...]Does somebody else observed this effect and are there any ideas to get rid of it?I've sometimes seen my 4-button PS/2 Logitech MouseMan act a little >funny for a couple of seconds after switching back and forth between X and >a normal VC. I think that is because I don't have gpm set up as a >repeater.
Try that and see if it solves your problem. (i.e., start gpm with >the -R flag and point XF86Config at /dev/gpmdata for its mouse device)
Well, I'm back with this as I've just installed a new potato snapshot. I also have mouse problems with X; the mouse doesn't move at all. So I tryed your solution but it seems to be worst than ever. I finally uninstalled gpm for the sake of trying, and It now works perfectly. Where does this problem come from and are there workarounds ? Please cc me as I didn't subscribed to this list. Jerome.
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