On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:52:37 -0400 (EDT), Wayne Topa wrote: > > The only off list message I sent was to inform the OP about the > Debian COC regarding sending me a copy.
I guess I was confused by the multiple consecutive posts by the OP with no intervening replies. I was assuming that someone was replying off-list and the OP was posting requested information on-list. I guess I was a bit too hasty with my assumptions. Sorry. > > I am using a more then 10 year old Logitech Tracknam Vista. A ps2 > trackball. > > I don't run KDE or Gnome and am mainly a console user. As I pointed out > I know nothing about KDE/Gnome as such and never looked into what is > required for the mouse in them. > > I've always used gpm and didn't realize that KDE/Gnome don't. :-( > Old habits die hard. Strictly speaking, the mouse support is in the X server itself and not in any desktop environment that may run on top of it. But yes, if you are going to use the mouse in a text console then you need gpm. I use it too. > > I guess I should not try to help anyone who does so that I don't make > their problems worse. I don't think you did any harm, and I would hate to discourage anyone from attempting to help. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/453068037.1623473.1300754739298.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
