Package: gpm Version: 1.19.6-19 Severity: wishlist
When making a fresh install, repeat_type=ms3 is the default in /etc/gpm.conf (at least for all the Debian testing systems I have installed recently). My experience is any repeat type other than none screws up the X mouse and constitutes a major barrier to entry for desktop Debian since new users aren't very happy with mouseless X. To avoid this interference with the X mouse, I automatically reconfigure every gpm installation I do as repeat_type=none with good results. Of course, from the man page there are apparently some broken mice where repeating is necessary in order for X to work, but surely that is for a tiny minority of users. Thus, please consider using the default of repeat_type=none in the /etc/gpm.conf file. I believe this will better serve the majority of desktop Debian users and will also make the life of a Debian desktop newbie who is trying to get the X mouse to work a whole lot less painful. Alan W. Irwin -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages gpm depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii ucf 1.14 Update Configuration File: preserv -- debconf information: * gpm/responsiveness: * gpm/repeat_type: none * gpm/append: * gpm/restart: false * gpm/sample_rate: * gpm/device: /dev/psaux * gpm/restart_default: false * gpm/type: ps2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
