----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Xserver didn't start
> Mike Chandler wrote: > > > > >Hi Kent, as long as you're in here, can I ask a question? > >Does gpm not work with a usb wheel mouse? > >I install gpm, then do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (change > >to /dev/gpmdata) restart X and the mouse is frozen. > >Thanks... > > > > > > > > Yes, it will, but I think there's been some changes between stable and > sid, and/or between 2.2 and 2.4 and 2.6, so I'm not sure exactly what's > needed (iow, I'd have to tinker to figure it out). > > You have to set the repeat type in "gpmconfig" (or manually in > /etc/gpm.conf and then restart gpm); the official repeat type I believe > is supposed to be "ms3" (there's a thread from this list about 4 or 8 > months ago in which the author of gpm, or a quote from him which was > posted, explained which protocol should be used (not "raw", even though > everyone seems to think that works best). You have to get the protocol > in gpm and in X to play nice with each other. > > I think with the 2.6 kernel the "correct" device to read from is no > longer /dev/psaux and/or /dev/gpmdata, but rather /dev/input/mice for > both systems, but I'm afraid I don't know exactly what's what in regards > to this development. > > But to reiterate, yes, gpm and X can both play nicely when using a USB > wheel mouse. You just gotta get all your ducks lined up in a row. > > -- > Kent > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kent, Thanks for the info, I will look into all that asap. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
