On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 04:15:22PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Yes, I used to have "/dev/gpmdata" as well at one time. I tried it again > now and it does allow the mouse to work both in console and X. However, > the middle button still doesn't work, but I've gone back to a 2-button > genuine Microsoft mouse which can at least emulate 3 buttons (essential > for xfig). I had to fiddle with that too for a while. GPM can act as a repeater onto /dev/gpmdata, which X can read from. But you *still* need to tell X about the mouse type of the "mouse" on /dev/gpmdata. For some protocols, gpm can repeat the mouse in a different protocol, but this feature doesn't isn't implemented for all protocol combinations.
Bottom line: First make sure that the mouse works completely in console-mode.
With all 3 buttons. Then start playing with the -R option on gpm (read:
repeat_type in /etc/gpm.conf) and get that to match up with the "Pointer"
section in your XF86Config. I guess that you're best off starting with
repeat_type=raw :-). Both gpm and XF86Config have decent documentation.
Hope this helps.
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Karl E. Jørgensen
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