I had some problems similar to this on a recent potato install. On this machine, the Logitech PS/2 mouse connects to a separate mouse port instead of a standard serial port. Both kernels 2.0.36 and 2.29 had the same issue. Turned out that /dev/mouse pointed to /dev/ttyS0 when it needed to point to /dev/psaux. Resetting the /dev/mouse symlink and setting the protocol in /etc/gpm.conf to ps2 fixed it.
Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Lazarus Long wrote: > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:19:18 +0000 > From: Lazarus Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: gpm troubles on potato? (kbd-related?) > > Has anyone else here been experiencing gpm troubles on potato in recent > days? I've tried downgrading gpm and libs to a version which is working > on another box, but that hasn't helped. > > This is a PS/2 style mouse, btw. > > Syslog reports "/usr/sbin/gpm[pid]: Error in protocol" whenever I move > the mouse, and the keyboard locks up for a while. (I've even gone to a > remote machine and remotely rebooted during these periods, not knowing > it might resolve itself in time.) > > Is there any chance this is due to the recent changes in the kbd package? > It's fairly obviously not gpm, since downgrading gpm didn't help. > > Being rather ill at present, I'm not trusting my own diagnostic skills > like I normally would, and may have missed something obvious. > > Suggestions? > > -- > > PGP Public Key available on request: > Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID > pub 1024/CFED2D11 1998/03/05 Lazarus Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Key fingerprint = 98 2A 56 34 16 76 D5 21 39 93 99 EA 89 D4 B5 A2 >
