On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 12:23:28PM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: | On 13 Aug 2001 13:21:33 -0400, Mark Carroll wrote: | > On 13 Aug 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: | > (snip) | > > Try commenting out the repeat type and restarting gpm. I have an imps2 | > > mouse that works great on /dev/psaux with gpm and x simultaneously. | > | > Hmmm - I was premature. With gpm (uselessly) repeating and X looking | > directly at psaux, gpm works but X's use of the mouse screws up badly. | > Without the repeating, X works better, but it still slightly screwed up | > right after switching display over to X from the console. With the | > repeating, and X looking at gpmdata, X doesn't see any mouse response at | > all. So, X only works perfectly when gpm isn't running at all. | | Have you tried repeating ps2 instead of ms3 with gpmdata?
I use a repeat type of 'raw' which means that gpm just copies its input out on gpmdata. As long as gpm and X use the same protocol (IMPS2 in my case, though gpm and X spell it differently) it works just fine (X listens on gmpdata -- only one app can read the psaux port reliably at a time). HTH, -D
