On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > I had this problem once ... the result's that now I don't have a mouse on > my machine...
:(( > The symptoms were exactly the same .. in a while the mouse will go dead > (you will know because when you try it out on another machine it will only > be able to move either side to side or up and down). Well, ATM it still works in X. I've -9 'ed gmp ;) > You will then change the mouse ... that one will die too, taking with it > the mouse port. My guess is that you are using a motherboard with on board > serial port controllers (like I did) ... Tell me are you using a high > speed 486? Pentium2, with a builtin PS2 mouse port. > I suggest you try and get hold of an Ide controller pretty quick ... As > for what the matter is? I am none the wiser, only a little wary of gpm > now. Well that is my experience Hmmm....perhaps a bug report is in order... I never had this problem on my old machine, but then I was using the serial port on an IDE controller.... Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
