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Bug#241336: Mouse doesn't work after xfree86 upgrade



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On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 02:12:20PM -0800, Jefferson Cowart wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0-7
> Severity: important
> 
> After the latest xfree86 upgrade my mouse stopped working. On boot gpm
> picks up the mouse and it works until X starts at which point it stops
> working. Switching back to the console reveals that the mouse doesn't
> work there until I restart gpm and once again dies if I switch back to
> an X Window. I tried running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but that
> hung after a few questions about the video card. Subsequent attempts to
> run dpkg-reconfigure, just die at the starting blue screen. 
> (That may be a seperate bug, but I'm not sure.)
> Clearly it isn't a hardware issue as the mouse will work from the
> console as long as gpm has been restarted since X started.

Is gpm configured as a repeater?

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