On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, David B.Harris wrote: > To quote Mithras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # Excuse me if this question is really basic.
I wonder now if I showed naivete' by suggesting mouse configuration should be simple! :-) > # After installing Debian for the first time (but not Linux), I > # discovered the mouse wasn't working. > > I think the problem is 'gpm'. I know it is possible to have 'gpm' and X > share the mouse, but I've never found a way(and to all those who are > reading this; /dev/gpmdata isn't sufficient). You might want to consider > stopping 'gpm', by doing a '/etc/init.d/gpm stop', and see if you X > mouse problems go away. If they do, you might try to disable 'gpm' from > being started at boot time by using the 'update-rc.d' script. Yes! That was the 'odd device' I saw /dev/mouse linked to, /dev/gpmdata. I've spent some time now studying this 'gpm', and I imagine that it could be destructive of or interfering with the serial port device, which would explain the erratic behavior I observed last night. I noticed that 'gpm under X' is discussed on the list of notes for 2.2 rev0, (http://cdimage.debian.org/lastmin.html) which suggests: > The easiest solution is to remove the linerepeat_type=<something> from > /etc/gpm.conf Thanks for the lead! (So much to catch up on with a new distribution.) ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.dhp.com/~mithras 716-586-0020 work, 716-256-2484 home, 716-233-3159 cell 174 Henrietta St. #2 / Rochester, NY 14620
