Gpm problem: Where is /dev/gpmctl?

Hi, Would be grateful to any pointers to the solution of this gpm problem . After a recent upgrading to 1.19.3-4, gpm no longer functioned. I lost the mouse pointer in mc. It seems that /dev/gpmctl is lost although the gpm server did start at boot. I was told that it may be a pipe but "mknod /dev

gpm no longer function after upgrading

Dear all, After a recent upgrading, gpm (1.19.3-4) no longer functioned. I lost the mouse pointer in mc. It seems that /dev/gpmctl is lost although the gpm server did start at boot. I was told that it may be a pipe but "mknod /dev/gpmctl -p" did not work. Reinstalling gpm and libgmp1 also didn't w