On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 03:22:17PM -0500, Stanley J. Benes wrote: > > Hi all. > > I'm using 2.1 (slink?) on a Toshiba satellite pro 410CDT laptop. It has a > built > in mouse-like device called an accu-point. > > I've been trying to use gpm with the built in device without success. I read a > few web pages about the toshiba and its mouse, and I've tried just about every > gpm combonation (e.g., -t ps2, nrc others). > Here's the /etc/gpm.conf which works for my Satellite Pro 400CS:
mothra:~$ cat /etc/gpm.conf # /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1) # Written by Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # Mostly self-explanatory. If you mouse seems to be to slow, try # to set responsiveness=15, append contains some random arguments appended # to the commandline. # # This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and is created and # modified by /usr/sbin/gpmconfig. # device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= type=ps2 append="-R " I use the relay option to provide a mouse device at /dev/gpm for X, this seems to make it a little more stable. Also, if you are using a custom kernel make sure it has ps/2 mouse support compiled in. If you are not using a custom kernel you really should do so because the standard kernels don't have APM support built in. HTH, your pal dave -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
