>> When I try to run startx, it dies complaining that:
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> Cannot open mouse (Device or resource busy)
>>
>> I then kill gpm and startx works fine. How can I get both to work
>> together? I could do this under slackware.
>>
>Read the man page for gpm. I think you want the -R option and some setup
>in X to use /dev/gpmdata.
I read man, and it seems that the -R option is designed primarily for
bus-mice and I quote:
"-R Causes gpm to act as a repeater: any mouse data
received while in graphic mode will be produced on
the fifo /dev/gpmdata in mouse-system protocol.
This means that you can configure the X server to
use that fifo as a mouse device. This option is
useful for bus-mouse owners to override the single-
open limitation. ..."
But my mouse is a normal, MouseSystems compatible, serial mouse.
Surely I shouldn't have to use the -R option? I didn't have to under
slackware.
Thanks,
Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
