On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Greg Norris wrote: > > I have bought a Debian Linux before Christmas (a CD-ROM in the "Dream" > > magazine) and I would like to have all the X11 features working > > properly. So here is a brief description of my problem : > > > > When "startx" is not launched, I can define with "gpm" a mouse on device > > "/dev/mouse". In this case, a pointer appears on the screen and words > > can be selected with the mouse. But when I launch "startx" using for > > instance "fvwm2" the environment seems OK, but the pointer of the mouse > > is strongly attracted to the lower left corner of the screen! It is > > completely impossible to move the pointer of the mouse out of this corner. > > The first thing to try is to kill gpm (gpm -k) prior to launching startx. > Although I personally havnen't had any difficulties between them, I > understand that gpm and X don't always get along.
When gpm and X bite each other and fight over the mouse, there is a simple solution available. 1. Stop X. Then, change this: > > In the XF86Config file in the /etc/X11 directory, I have these lines : > > Section "Pointer" > > Protocol "Microsoft" > > Device "/dev/mouse" > > BaudRate 1200 > > Emulate3Timeout 50 > > SampleRate 0 > > EndSection To this: Section "Pointer" Protocol "MouseMan" Device "/dev/gpmdata" BaudRate 1200 Emulate3Timeout 50 SampleRate 0 EndSection 2. Create a fifo pipe under /dev . # mkfifo /dev/gpmdata 3. Start gpm with the "-R" option. You can do this by adding this option in /etc/gpm.conf, in a line like this (there should be one 'append' line): append="-R" and then: # /etc/init.d/gpm stop # /etc/init.d/gpm start 4. Start X. Now, gpm will connect to the serial port and pretend that /dev/gpmdata is also a mouse device. This also is a great solution if your mouse is recognised by gpm but not by X, or if you have a PS/2 mouse. Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
