just to follow up on this:
on Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:52:43PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen insinuated:
> having upgraded to the 2.4.26 kernel, i can no longer use my USB
> mouse. i _can_ use my USB camera cable, though, so i know it's not
> wholly a USB deal. i haven't changed my /etc/gpm.conf or my
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (the relevant bits of which follow):
>
> /etc/gpm.conf:
>
> device=/dev/input/mice
> responsiveness=6
> repeat_type=raw
> type=imps2
> append=""
>
>
> relevant bit of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This was the problem. A friend suggested
trying changing it to /dev/input/mice, and that worked like a charm.
I'm not sure why, though -- does this mean that gpm somehow just
wasn't turned on?
thanks,
</nori>
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