On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 12:18:42PM -0400, paul wrote: > [...] > > In my expirience, this problem is mouse dependant, on one box I have a > > mouse that requires a different protocol under gpm than under X-window but > > the mouse will not auto-switch when X-window starts, so I don't run gpm on > > that box. On another the mouse works with the same protocol (msc) under > > both gpm and X-window, but will not work in X-window if gpm is running, I > > use runlevels (starting gpm in runlevel two, stoping gpm in runlevel three > > and starting wdm). Mostly I've decided to stop buying cheap mouses. > > Have you ever read gpm manpage? > Configure gpm to act as repeater and use in X /dev/gpmdata as device. > > Mirek > That was how it was configured by default when I installed potato, and when I would move the mouse it would jump randomly around the screen, usually not being drawn, and all of the buttons would click randomly, bringing up menus and selecting from them, among other things. This was fixed when I changed the mouse from /dev/gpmdata to /dev/psaux. Now, the mouse is drawn in its initial position but it neither moves nor clicks until I disable gpm. Could this possibly be due to the fact that it is configured as a repeater? If so, how do I deconfigure this?
I have the Logitech cordless iTouch PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo running on an Abit KA7. XF86Config.bz2 is attached.
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