On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, hammack wrote: > Long time and still no cursor. I've tried two pointers, Kensington "Expert > Mouse" serial, and a PS/2 Generic. I have tried all the combinations of > Protocol and Device that I can and still don't have a pointer in X. Below > are files and excerpts of interest. > Any Help appreciated John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today. all the installations seem crazy to me. You really mean in your home ? Where you got that from? > dir of home files for the below: What is "p" and "c" in the 2nd and 3rd > lines? gpmdata appears to be an empty file and psaux is very small. > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Dec 20 22:49 mouse -> gpmdata > prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 25 15:33 gpmdata > crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Jul 5 2000 psaux > XF86Config: > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "MouseMan" try PS/2 first, simplest > Device "/dev/mouse" ok for PS/2 > ## Protocol "PS/2" > ## Device "/dev/gpmdata" > BaudRate 1200 > Emulate3Timeout 50 > Resolution 100 > # Buttons 3 > Emulate3Buttons > EndSection BUT here: > gpmconf: > > device=/dev/gpmdata poor gpm must read own output > responsiveness= > repeat_type=raw > type=MouseMan > append="" Make that you have: /dev/psaux rm -f /dev/mouse; ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse /etc/gpmconf: device=/dev/mouse type=ps2 If you installed gpm properly /etc/init.d/gpm start (or restart if runnign) Then have fun with: man gpm XF86Config greetings, martin
