On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Richard A. Guay wrote: > > > I now want to change to using a serial mouse. What would be the > > steps (I do not want to reload the OS.)? > > Reload the OS? That's windows-world thinking. First, if you installed > the gpm package, you'll need to run 'gpmconfig' as root, and tell gpm > about your mouse. > > Then, assuming you have X, you'll have to re-run XF86Setup (stop X > first by quitting your session and, if you have xdm running, doing: > /etc/init.d/xdm stop > ) Inside XF86Setup, say "yes" to use the old configuration and all you > should have to do is pick your new mouse parameters. (be certain to read > through all of the dialog boxes that come up there, and test the new mouse > setting by "applying" the changes) > > You shouldn't even need to reboot!
If you're using the -R option in gpmconfig with /dev/gpmdata in XF86Config, you don't need to make any changes to X. It also seems to avoid the problems that some people have reported with their mice when switching between X and VCs. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
