On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> I checked the archives for this, and didn't find anything.
> An irritating gpm problem, and it's the second machine this happens to me
> on - I compile a custom 2.4.x kernel, (this time, it was 2.4.5) on SuSE 7.1
> (this doesn't happen with the default SuSE kernel) and when loading the gpm
> service (gpm -t ps2 -M /dev/mouse) the system (or just my virtual consoles
> or maybe even it's just the keyboard) gracefully crash (screen freezes). If
> I load SaX (the X config tool), it also loads gpm, and yep, kaboom. I'm
> 99.99% sure I omitted a driver I shouldn't have when compiling a custom
> kernel. I tried compiling in some possibly-related drivers like MCA
> architecture, it didn't help.
> It *may* be that "core input" is not compiled in at all (is this mandatory
> now? If I understand correct, it's only for USB stuff, my mouse is PS/2)
> and, although this shouldn't affect things, I have no support for serial
> ports in the kernel, since nothing is hooked onto there.
crash or freeze?
e.g.: can you connect to it from a network connection (if any) after such
incident?
As a tmporary workaround: rename the gpm binary, so SaX won't find it :(
What type of mouse do you have, BTW?
--
Tzafrir Cohen
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