On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:25:01PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote > Hi > > What causes the following error? > > I'm using the frozen (potato) distribution. GPM is configured as > repeater and "ps fax" shows me that it's running as "-Rmsc" mouse > works on console. Whenever I try to start X as user or root I get: > > Warning: /dev/gpmdata unable to get status of mouse fd (Invalid argument) > > and X stops. In X I configured Protocol "MouseSystems" and Device > "/dev/gpmdata". When using "PS/2" on "/dev/psaux" the mouse does not move > at all (but at least X starts). > > I read something in the SuSE Support databse and turned "PNP BIOS INSTALLED" > off in my BIOS. I find no Option there telling something about "PS/2 support > on/off". >
I get the same message in Slink but X runs fine; I expect it's just a sign that you're using a FIFO instead of a device, so some ioctls that X expects aren't available. On my setup, I use just "-R" rather than "-Rmsc"; have you tried that? For me, it also works if I use /dev/psaux after disabling gpm; as a last resort you could try that, but it's possible that your true problem lies elsewhere. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
