I realize that the mouse won't work in both gpm and X (without the repeat function) in many cases, but it does for me so I haven't really questioned it (!) /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux, of course.
I have a problem with gpm occasionally not working correctly, but '/etc/init.d/gpm restart' always fixes that. Bob On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:44:14AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I notice in your config that you don't have gpm being used as a repeater > device (I.E. the -R option). That won't work will it? I've always had > to make gpm repeat and have X use /dev/gpmdata in order to make gpm and > X work correctly with the mouse. How can you get gpm and X to both work > without that option? Is your /dev/mouse a symlink to /dev/psaux as I am > assuming? > > I was able to get the scrolling wheel to work if I disabled gpm and used > the IMPS/2 protocol in the X config file (along with the ZAxisMapping), > but I couldn't get it to work with /dev/gpmdata and MouseSystems > protocol, which are the two I've always had to use to get X and gpm to > play nice. Is there another way? > > Rob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, October 21, 2000 12:30 pm > Subject: Re: IMWheel help > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 10:21:22AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm trying to get m MS wheel mouse to work in X, but am having no > > luck. > > > I've gotten everything working but the wheel, and I'm tried > > installing> imwheel and reading the docs, but the wheel still > > doesn't work. I'm > > > using the mouse in X via gpm (/dev/gpmdata), and nothing I have > > tried> has worked. I've looked at the scrolling wheel help page, > > but it didn't > > > help either. According to the imwheel homepage, imwheel is > > supposed to > > > come with a special version of gpm, but that doesn't seem to be > > the case > > > with the Debian package. Can anyone help my get the wheel > > working? Do > > > I need that special version of gpm? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > The following works for me: > > > > In /etc/X11/XF86Config (/dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/psaux): > > > > Section "Pointer" > > Protocol "IMPS/2" > > Device "/dev/mouse" > > ZAxisMapping 4 5 > > Buttons 7 > > > > In /etc/gpm.conf: > > > > device=/dev/psaux > > responsiveness=25 > > type=imps2 > > append="-l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\"" > > repeat_type= > > -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
