On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 09:38:14PM -0700, Anthony wrote: > Thanks Tim, > I got my mouse working with the GUI but when I start X it doesn't work. > Also I can't quit X. I hit ctrl+alt+backspace and it quits and brings me to > the text mode but than the log-in pops up again. > It's like X just keeps trying to restart itself. > > Any ideas? >
The reason that the mouse doesn't work in X is that you are probably running gpm, which allows the mouse to be used in text mode. You can either remove gpm or configure /etc/gpm.conf to use repeat_type=raw and configure XF86Config to use /dev/gpmdata to point to the repeated mouse data instead of directly to the mouse. The situation you have with X is the way that xdm works. If you want to get to a virtual console (text mode), hit ctrl-alt-F1. Bob
