On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 08:39:03PM +0200, Chipzz wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > device=/dev/psaux > > > responsiveness= > > > repeat_type=raw > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > type=imps2 > > > append="" > > > sample_rate= > > > > I see you're repeating as "imps2". The following item was recently > > Well, actually as "raw", which would amount to imps2. Yes; sorry I was unclear about that. > > added to the xfree86 package NEWS.Debian file, and will appear in the > > next release. Can you please try out its advice? > > Hmm, strange, I have apt-listchanges installed and never saw the notice. > Maybe I just looked over it. I've been updating the NEWS.Debian entry for 4.3.0-1 retroactively, since that's the first version where the relevant changes took effect. > > * GPM users only: those who use the the GPM repeater as the XFree86 X > > server's mouse device should note that the mouse driver in XFree86 4.3.0 > > has been rewritten in such a way that using any protocol other than > > "IntelliMouse" on the XFree86 side and "ms3" on the GPM side does not work > > well. If you have configured GPM as a repeater, are using it with the > > XFree86 X server, and are using anything other than "ms3" as the repeating > > protocol, you will likely want to change it to "ms3". If your > > XF86Config-4 file is automatically handled (see the news entry for xfree86 > > 4.2.1-11) and uses /dev/gpmdata as the port for the configured mouse, the > > protocol will automatically be migrated to "IntelliMouse" if necessary. > > Otherwise, you will likely want to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file > > after installing this package to change any configured input devices using > > the "mouse" driver and "/dev/gpmdata" as the "Device" option to set the > > "Protocol" option to "IntelliMouse". > > > > If you go back to using /dev/gpmdata for your XFree86 input device, but > > have GPM repeat as "ms3" instead of "imps2", does the situation improve? > > That worked. Maybe this should be better documented, as in the past I > tried various combinations and my previous configuration was the only > one that worked. What documentation do you recommend, beyond NEWS.Debian? > But still, I think the change is somewhat incorrect. A setting you expli- > citly specify gets overridden by X without any notice. Eh? Which setting you explicitly specify gets overridden by X how? -- G. Branden Robinson | Never underestimate the power of Debian GNU/Linux | human stupidity. branden@debian.org | -- Robert Heinlein http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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