#include <hallo.h>
Patrick Boe wrote on Sat Jul 28, 2001 um 03:11:37AM:
> a few minutes into every X session, my mouse stops working. If I leave X
> for the console, where the mouse works, then go back to X, the mouse still
> doesn't work. i can enter text in X fine. anyone know why? my system
How did you configure the GPM? I hope I didn't setup X and GPM to use
the same device, did you? You should modify /etc/gpm.conf to forward
mouse data to gpm's repeater device /dev/gpmdata, and configure X to use
_this_ device file.
> Dell i5000e, ATI Rage Mobility LF graphics card with 8M video memory,
> 1400x1050 LCD, PS/2 mouse. Running woody, kernel 2.2.19, XFree86 4.0.3.
--- /etc/gpm.conf ---
# /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1)
#
# If mouse response seems to be to slow, try using
# responsiveness=15. append can contain any random arguments to be
# appended to the commandline.
#
# If you edit this file by hand, please be aware it is sourced by
# /etc/init.d/gpm and thus all shell meta characters must be
# protected from evaluation (i.e. by quoting them).
#
# This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and can be modified by
# /usr/sbin/gpmconfig.
#
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
type=ps2
#append="-R -l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\""
append="-R -S \"\""
repeat_type=msc
--- EOF ---
from XF86Config-4:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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