Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > But my mouse is a normal, MouseSystems compatible, serial mouse. > > Surely I shouldn't have to use the -R option? I didn't have to under > > slackware. > > > I suspect that slackware runs the daemon with the -R option and sets up X > to use /dev/gpmdata. Try it ;-) > > Dwarf >
No, Slackware doesn't either. In fact the "-R" option is NOT needed for most systems to get gpm and X to happily share the mouse. My system at home, several friends' systems and many systems at work all work fine without the "-R" option. However, "-R" does seem to be needed for bus mice and in some cases it seems to be needed even for serial mice. I don't know what the common denominator is for these cases but since I've seen a couple, I'd sure like to know. -- ________________________________________________________________________ David M. Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
