I haven't got a solution for you but the same problem (on a regular machine)...
MS IntelliMouse Explorer on PS/2 Protocol IMPS/2 For the time being I purged gpm. :) Christian > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Brosemer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Dan Brosemer > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:14 PM > To: Debian User List > Subject: gpm and x conflicting > > > I have gpm and X fighting for a ps2 mouse on my laptop. I've tried > repeating on with X looking at /dev/gpmdata using both PS/2 and MouseSystems > protocols and repeating types msc, ms3, raw. I've also tried having them > both just look at /dev/psaux with the PS/2 protocol. > > If X uses the MouseSystems protocol, I get no motion at all when I move the > mouse. All other settings give me erratic mouse movements. > > X works great if I kill gpm first, but this seems like a suboptimal solution > to me and I'm wondering if anyone has a better idea? > > -Dan