On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 04:26:18PM -0500, Preston Landers wrote: > Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven writes: > > I can't get my mouse configured with gpm (slink). Normally when X > starts, the mouse doesn't work at all. Sometimes, when I press > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace a couple of times it starts working and somtimes, > the only way to get it working is to give the command gpm -k. When I > give a gpm -k, the program will hang and I have to use Ctrl-C to > deblock it. After I have tried to kill gpm, I can press > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and the mouse will work (most of the times). I just > have a very basic two-button serial mouse. > > > > > Hi there, did you ever solve this problem? > > Some things to check: > > You need to tell X to use GPM as its mouse device. > > In /etc/X11/XF86Config > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "BusMouse" > Device "/dev/gpmdata" > > But you must also configure gpm to output data to X. > > In /etc/gpm.config put your normal parameters but make sure the append > = line has an -R and -l in it. > > At least that works for me. > > Hope this helps, > > Preston Landers
Tanks Preston, I have tried it but it did not work (I had to use the rescue disk to get te system working again). I the communication between gpm and X is not the problem, but the communication between gpm and the mouse is. Can't I just remove gpm? Thanks, Robert-Jan
