> For those who have had trouble or will have trouble in the future
> getting gpm and X to cooperate, I have now published a short guide on
> how to do it successfully. Enjoy.
>
> http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/config_docs/gpm-X/
Nice stuff, short and straight to the point.
Keep up the good
> For those who have had trouble or will have trouble in the future
> getting gpm and X to cooperate, I have now published a short guide on
> how to do it successfully. Enjoy.
>
> http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/config_docs/gpm-X/
Nice stuff, short and straight to the point.
Keep up the good
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:09:40PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| yes,
|
| installing gpm pointing to psaux and editing XF86config file to point to
| gpmdata does make the mouse work in console (great!) and X (useless) since I
| can't even control the mouse pointer/buttons (moves to fast and do
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-27 19:20):
> installing gpm pointing to psaux and editing XF86config file to point to
> gpmdata does make the mouse work in console (great!) and X (useless) since I
> can't even control the mouse pointer/buttons (moves to fast and does strange
> th
yes,
installing gpm pointing to psaux and editing XF86config file to point to
gpmdata does make the mouse work in console (great!) and X (useless) since I
can't even control the mouse pointer/buttons (moves to fast and does strange
things..)
editing gpmconfig doesn't help since I don't know what
> Whenever I apt-get gpm I loose control of X. Anyone no how to get gpm +
> X to play nice?
Good sir dman once wrote:
"That is caused by two apps (gpm and X) trying to access the hardware
directly. When using gpm, gpm should access the hardware and X should
access /dev/gpmdata, a named pipe from
My thanks to several of you who responded to my post. You all corrected
my mistake of thinking I could not specify the (preferred) /dev/ttySx in
both gpm and the X-server.
After correcting the config and rebooting I'm able to start and restart
X without killing gpm.
Regards,
--
C.L. Daugaard
On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Curtis L. Daugaard wrote:
> Before I changed to Debian, I could swear that under Slackware I was
> able to use my MS serial mouse in X-Windows without first killing gpm.
> No more. X refuses to start, complaining "device in use."
>
> I've tried everything I can think of bas
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