Re: gpm as repeater for X11

2000-05-24 Thread John Pearson
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:25:01PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote > Hi > > What causes the following error? > > I'm using the frozen (potato) distribution. GPM is configured as > repeater and "ps fax" shows me that it's running as "-Rmsc" mouse > works on console. Whenever I try to start X as us

Re: gpm as repeater for X11

2000-05-24 Thread Dan Brosemer
Try the following: Make sure /dev/gpmdata exists, and if not, 'mkfifo /dev/gpmdata' Configure gpm to use the 'raw' repeater type. Configure X to use the PS/2 protocol with the /dev/gpmdata device. This is the setup I have on my laptop and it has been working wonderfully. -Dan On Wed, May 24,

gpm as repeater for X11

2000-05-24 Thread Christian Hammers
Hi What causes the following error? I'm using the frozen (potato) distribution. GPM is configured as repeater and "ps fax" shows me that it's running as "-Rmsc" mouse works on console. Whenever I try to start X as user or root I get: Warning: /dev/gpmdata unable to get status of mouse fd (Inval