On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:04:39PM -0700, ben wrote: > On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:09 pm, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > Although I have a working XF86Config-4, I put it together without using > > debconf so it does not have any DEBCONF SECTION. Anyway I decided to > > give debconf a try at managing the file and ran dpkg-reconfigure > > xserver-xfree86. The resulting XF86Config-4 includes a configuration > > for two mice. The configuation works for the most part except for some > > funkyness with the mouse wheel. For example, I use WindowMaker with > > four workspaces. When I roll the mouse wheel to cycle through the > > workspaces, it cycles 2-4-2-4 or 1-3-1-3 rather that 1-2-3-4-1. > > > > XF86Config-4 from debconf includes: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "CorePointer" > > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Generic Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > EndSection > > > > When I run dpkg-reconfigure, I am only asked question about the > > "Configured Mouse" and I don't seem to have any way to change the > > configuration of the "Generic Mouse" or to remove it entirely. After > > going through the debconf documentation, it is still not clear to me > > how to delete the generic mouse entry from the debconf database. > > Any suggestions on how to do this? > > this ain't no guaranteed cure but it has worked for some. in /etc/gpm.conf, > set "repeat_type=raw". in the event that doesn't help try disabling gpm > altogether. > > ben
Thanks for suggestion. gpm had already been configured with "repeat_type=raw". This has no effect on mouse behavior. -- Jerome
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