On Wednesday 17 December 2003 11:38 am, Kent West wrote: > James Miller wrote: > >Ok. This thread has piqued (not to be confused with peaked or > > peeked) my interest. I've just set up a Debian machine and was > > hoping to use gpm, since I like to use alot of console apps in > > virtual terminals. Having gpm running was wreaking (not to be > > confused with reeking) havoc with the mouse under X - even though I > > had X trying to read mouse output from /dev/gpmdata. The only way > > I could get the mouse cursor to get back to normal behavior under X > > was killall gpm. So, what was I doing wrong? I'd be delighted if > > I could get gpm to cooperate with the mouse cursor under X. > > Your /etc/gpm.conf file will look something like: > > device=/dev/psaux > responsiveness=25 > type=imps2 > repeat_type=raw > > > and your /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 file, Input Device section will look > something like: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Notice that gpm needs to repeat the "raw" (not to be confused with a > Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader's "rah" or the Egyptian sungod "Ra"), and X > needs to read from gpm's repeated data on /dev/gpmdata. > > Note also that the protocol (minus formatting) needs to be the same > in both places. > > That should do (not to be confused with wetness on the grass "dew" or > dog droppings on the grass "doo") it. > > -- > Kent
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