On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:46:21AM -0600, James Miller wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:55:50PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > | On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:41:05PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > | > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:07:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > | > [...] > > | > | gpm is a massive pain in the ass to deal with, > > | > > > | > Care to explain? (I disagree, gpm is a piece of cake) > > | > > | gpm complicates configuring XF86 badly from my experience. It's like > > | trying to grow anything hydroponically: It can be done, but it really > > | complicates things. > > > > The complication is eliminated if you follow two guidelines : > > 1) don't try to have two processes fighting over a device, let > > gpm have the device and X reads from gpm's repeater > > > > 2) use the same protocol for both (duh! it's the same mouse, it > > better be the same protocol :-)) (and set gpm's > > repeat_type to raw) > > > > I've never had any interaction problems following these rules. I have > > seen many people get confused and/or misconfigured by the combination, > > but the above has always worked. > > > 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. >
Try setting repeat_type=raw in /etc/gpm.conf and the point the mouse in X to /dev/gpmdata and use the driver for the mouse. Make sure that the isn't another mouse configuration using /dev/psaux or similar (sometimes there is more then one mouse configured, make sure that the right one is used). Last time I checked with a usb logitech optical mouse using imps/2 (don't remember the exact case of that) there was a problem with one direction of the wheel, don't know what exactly is needed to see that bug and I don't use that mouse much (its a laptop) so I don't know if it still persists. > Thanks, James > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
