---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: RE: Mouse Doesn't Work with X Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:56:12 -0500 From: Daniel E. Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, gabe lamarche wrote: > I had this same thing happening to me. The problem seems to be some > kind of conflict with gpm (the terminal mouse package). I found that > if I turned stopped gpm my mouse worked fine in X. > > To stop gpm I switch to a virtual consol via Ctrl^ Alt^ F1, logged in > and issued the comand killall gpm. > > Not a great solution, I suppose if you don't need gpm package, > uninstalling it would also resolve the problem. > > Gabe Lamarche > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > PETER WROTE: > Greetings all, > > I just installed my first copy of Linux. > > Problem: > X starts fine. I can use ALT key combinations to get a pop up menu > and > select menu items. However, I can't use my mouse. That is, neither > clicking nor moving the mouse has any effect. > > What I did: > I confirmed that my mouse is, in fact, PS/2. > I confirmed that my mouse is connected to the correct port. > I boot Linux. > I login-ed as root. > I ran 'xf86config' and selected 'PS/2' as my mouse. > I started X. > Mouse doesn't work. :-( > > What I checked: > A coworker helping me checked the boot log with 'dmesg'. We found a > line > that says "Detected PS/2 Mouse Port". Sound like good news... > We checked to see if the XF86Config file was written write. Sure > enough, > the mouse is PS/2. This looks good too... > > My plea: > I don't know what the heck is going on here. What could be wrong? Can > someone please help? > > If I've commited any Netiquette rudeness or some such, I apologize in > advance. I'm new to this! :-) I think I've described the problem in > sufficient detail; however, if I've left some important information > out, > then please tell me. I'll be more than happy to respond. > > Thanks, > Peter > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null I can't remember which one, but you have to change the script that starts gpm or the gpm config file to not use the -R flag. It is either the init script /etc/init.d/gpm or in it's config file /etc/gpm.conf. Also make sure you have you XF86Config file using the real device (/dev/psaux for PS/2 mouse). You could also tell XF86Config to use /dev/gpmdata, but this is not guaranteed to work properly all the time. After starting gpm you can do 'ps aux | less' and if you look you will see the -Rxxx flag with the gpm process that is the culprit. That is what you need to turn off. Dan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel E. Baumann E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (caution: dynamic DNS service, may bounce) Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd http://www.linuxfreak.com/~baumannd "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." -- Dave Olson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Better yet, just run gpmconfig and tell it not to use a repeat protocol (the -R flag mentioned above). Dan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel E. Baumann E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (caution: dynamic DNS service, may bounce) Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd http://www.linuxfreak.com/~baumannd "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." -- Dave Olson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
