hi, you cannot use /dev/psaux simultaneously in gpm and X. use gpmconfig to tell gpm to 'forward' /dev/psaux. it is the question about repeat_type. you should set it to raw.
then tell X to look for the mouse on /dev/gpmdata instead of /dev/psaux. hope it helps. Ionut On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 12:15:40AM +0530, shyamk wrote: > am having problems with using my Logitech 3 - button PS/2 > mouse on GUI .I do get it in the text-mode console , but when I startx > and Ctrl - C off the following is what I get :- > > (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz > (**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.180 > (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "320x240" > (--) SVGA: Removing mode "320x240" from list of valid modes. > (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 640x480 > (--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024 > (--) SVGA: Using Linear Frame Buffer at 0x0e5800000, Size 8MB > Warning: /dev/psaux unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate > ioctl for device) > > > Why , what can be wrong ? > > Please help. > > Regards, > Shyam > -- > > ------------([EMAIL PROTECTED])--(=)--(Shyam)--------------- > "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." > "The truth is stranger than fiction." > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- *************** * Ionut Georgescu * http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/ * Registered Linux User #244479 * * "In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix you * can do anything the computer is able to do."