I got mail from Igor on this subject this morning. To save him the trouble of spelling it out yet again, here is his message.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 23 05:35:27 1997 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:09:07 +0500 From: Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-testing@lists.debian.org, Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: *--* svgatextmode and gpm I am on debian-testing btw, so you did not have to cc :-) > > /etc/rcS2.d has these entries: > > S20gpm > S40svgatextmode > > My box starts up in 80x25 and is then changed to 116x33 and because gpm is > started before svgatextmode I cannot move my cursor outside the 80x25 > area. So gpm needs to be started after svgatextmode. > > I can fix my box, but how do I go about getting this situation corrected? No, it seems that you have a customized TextConfig, so yours did not get updated when I made the change to it that calls /usr/sbin/STM_reset script which sends SIGWINCH to gpm making it aware of changed screen size. Here is the line you need uncommented in your /etc/TextConfig ResetProg "/usr/sbin/STM_reset" This is becoming a FAQ, I should mention it in README.debian. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E vk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Adam Heath wrote: > I am running lastest hamm, and when I upgraded to the new svgatextmode, it > asked to remove the /etc/rc.boot files, and install new ones. I did so, but > when I rebooted, it executed after gpm. When I boot, the kernel uses 80x25, > and when svgatextmode runs, it changes it to 180x80. However, the mouse is > locked in the upper left-hand corner. Running "/etc/init.d/gpm restart" > fixes it, but svgatextmode should be run earlier in the sequence. > > Adam Heath of Borg-Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the H.323 effort. Email > http://www.debian.org - Get Your Own Linux! [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3375265 - Page Me the word subscribe in the body. > > > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
