I was just wondering, what are the differences (if any) between using gpm and the x-mouse?...and what are the advantages?
Patrick Cheong Information Systems Assurance Measat Broadcast Network Systems E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at: http://www.astro.com.my > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremiah Savage [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 6:01 PM > To: Jared Johnson > Cc: debian-user > Subject: Re: Xfree mouse trouble > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Jared Johnson wrote: > > > > > > screen and briefly displaying popup menus eventhough I'm not pressing > any > > > buttons. I can use the mouse just fine in terminal mode to highlight > > > text and paste the text using the middle button, so I think my > hardware > > > is > > > ok. Any clues? > > > > A very easy way to fix this would be to use the mouse in X through GPM > (the > > program that is used to support the mouse in terminal mode). You can do > > this by running gpmconfig and telling it to use the -R flag (or > optionally > > by editing /etc/gpm.conf to do the same thing); then, when you set up X, > > set it up to use the device /dev/gpmdata and the protocol MouseSystems. > > > > Thanks for the help. I edited /etc/X11/XF86Config so that the Pointer > Device is "/dev/gpmdata" and the Protocol "Microsoft" (how horrible...) > and the mouse works now. > > Jeremiah > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
