On Tuesday 22 June 2004 10:25, Johann Spies wrote: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 09:04:54AM -0400, stan wrote: ........................... > My experience with all the pc's on which I have installed the > 2.6. kernels is that I have a problem getting gpm to start in the > normal bootup process. The result is that when you use > kdm/wdm/xdm/gdm you can not use X11 because the mouse would would not > work (if your setup is such that you use gpm). Then you have to go > back to the console and as root do "/etc/init.d/gpm restart" and > everything works OK. I don't know why this is the case, but that was > my experience in at least 4-6 cases. That is why I do not use the 2.6 > kernel when I set up the pc for other users who are not very > comfortable with system administration.
Don't blame the new 2.6.x kernel for that! I'm experiencing the same drawback using kernel 2.4.25. In a nutshell, with debian testing & a logitech optical mouse in my portable PC on a docking-station I have to go to a console and restart gpm as you said if I want a "lively" mouse under X11 (either kdm or gnome), while in another box (a desktop with the same configuration as the portable) it all works perfectly. I think this is due to an unfortunate hardware combination rather than a software bug (or at most a software bug for that specific hardware). Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
