On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Chris Waters wrote:
> OTOH, from earlier msgs in this thread, I gather there may be some minor
> advantages to using a repeater, even if you don't need it, so I guess it
> comes down to a matter of taste. Use the repeater if you need it, or if
> you just want to. (Which repl
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 03:59:17PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'Day !
>
> Beginning to think its hardware (or maybe not). First had the problem in
> '94 on a 486 w/ VESA Bus and maybe 8M RAM, and serial mouse. Back then I
> modified my startx script to kill GPM before starting the X ser
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Chris Waters wrote:
> Manfred Wassmann wrote:
>
> > [...] the problem is with PS/2
> > and other bus mice only. With such a mouse you still have to use the
> > repeater mode or kill gpm before starting X because the mouse device can
> > only be opened by one process at a time
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Chris Waters wrote:
> OTOH, from earlier msgs in this thread, I gather there may be some minor
> advantages to using a repeater, even if you don't need it, so I guess it
> comes down to a matter of taste. Use the repeater if you need it, or if
> you just want to. (Which rep
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 03:59:17PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'Day !
>
> Beginning to think its hardware (or maybe not). First had the problem in
> '94 on a 486 w/ VESA Bus and maybe 8M RAM, and serial mouse. Back then I
> modified my startx script to kill GPM before starting the X se
g is not a matter of life and death It is far more important than that !!!
Chris Waters
Sent by: cwaters
03/29/01 03:47 PM
To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: ailing gpm -
Manfred Wassmann wrote:
> [...] the problem is with PS/2
> and other bus mice only. With such a mouse you still have to use the
> repeater mode or kill gpm before starting X because the mouse device can
> only be opened by one process at a time.
An interesting theory, but both my laptop (tp600e r
Peter Cordes wrote:
> GPM never conflicted with X, except maybe before it supported the repeater
> option. The problem has always been that the PS/2 device driver only allows
> a single process to open the device and read events, IIRC.
I'm not even sure that last is true. I've heard stories of
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Jeff Coppock wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:51:15AM +0200, Manfred Wassmann wrote:
[...]
> I've been using Gnome and gpm for months without issues. It works
> perfectly with every X application I use. I didn't use gpmconfig
> either, I set it up using XF86Setup and here
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Chris Waters wrote:
> Manfred Wassmann wrote:
>
> > [...] the problem is with PS/2
> > and other bus mice only. With such a mouse you still have to use the
> > repeater mode or kill gpm before starting X because the mouse device can
> > only be opened by one process at a tim
g is not a matter of life and death It is far more important than that !!!
Chris Waters
Sent by: cwaters
03/29/01 03:47 PM
To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ailing gpm - tp380ED
Manfre
Manfred Wassmann wrote:
> [...] the problem is with PS/2
> and other bus mice only. With such a mouse you still have to use the
> repeater mode or kill gpm before starting X because the mouse device can
> only be opened by one process at a time.
An interesting theory, but both my laptop (tp600e
Peter Cordes wrote:
> GPM never conflicted with X, except maybe before it supported the repeater
> option. The problem has always been that the PS/2 device driver only allows
> a single process to open the device and read events, IIRC.
I'm not even sure that last is true. I've heard stories o
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Jeff Coppock wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:51:15AM +0200, Manfred Wassmann wrote:
[...]
> I've been using Gnome and gpm for months without issues. It works
> perfectly with every X application I use. I didn't use gpmconfig
> either, I set it up using XF86Setup and her
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:49:36AM -0800, Jeff Coppock wrote:
> I just checked my version:
>
> gpm-Linux 1.17.8, $Date: 1999/01/03 21:02:51 $
>
> jc
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:49:56AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > G'Day !
> >
> > Perhaps I was using an old GPM library A cou
I just checked my version:
gpm-Linux 1.17.8, $Date: 1999/01/03 21:02:51 $
jc
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:49:56AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> G'Day !
>
> Perhaps I was using an old GPM library A couple of years ago back
> when I upgraded to XF86 3.x, GPM and X conflicted. I alway
It is far more important than that !!!
"Jeff Coppock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/29/01 09:11 AM
To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: ailing gpm - tp380ED
On Thu, Mar 2
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:49:36AM -0800, Jeff Coppock wrote:
> I just checked my version:
>
> gpm-Linux 1.17.8, $Date: 1999/01/03 21:02:51 $
>
> jc
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:49:56AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > G'Day !
> >
> > Perhaps I was using an old GPM library A co
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:51:15AM +0200, Manfred Wassmann wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> > G'Day !
> >
> > 1) I do not use GNOME, but gpm and X do not mix. If you you run X do not
> > run gpm. Gpm is mouse driver/utilites for consoles (CLI) so it is not
> > n
I just checked my version:
gpm-Linux 1.17.8, $Date: 1999/01/03 21:02:51 $
jc
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 09:49:56AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> G'Day !
>
> Perhaps I was using an old GPM library A couple of years ago back
> when I upgraded to XF86 3.x, GPM and X conflicted. I alwa
It is far more important than that !!!
"Jeff Coppock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/29/01 09:11 AM
To: Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ailing gpm - tp380ED
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 a
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:51:15AM +0200, Manfred Wassmann wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> > G'Day !
> >
> > 1) I do not use GNOME, but gpm and X do not mix. If you you run X do not
> > run gpm. Gpm is mouse driver/utilites for consoles (CLI) so it is not
> >
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> G'Day !
>
> 1) I do not use GNOME, but gpm and X do not mix. If you you run X do not
> run gpm. Gpm is mouse driver/utilites for consoles (CLI) so it is not
> needed unless you do a lot of work in your virtual consoles, like me ;-)
That's s
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> G'Day !
>
> 1) I do not use GNOME, but gpm and X do not mix. If you you run X do not
> run gpm. Gpm is mouse driver/utilites for consoles (CLI) so it is not
> needed unless you do a lot of work in your virtual consoles, like me ;-)
That's
gt;
03/28/01 01:16 PM
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
cc:
Subject: ailing gpm - tp380ED
Dear all,
I just managed to install my Debian2.2 on my
thinkpad380ED, and this is happenning: my mouse went
crazy and I fixed it, somewhat, by (after
Dear all,
I just managed to install my Debian2.2 on my
thinkpad380ED, and this is happenning: my mouse went
crazy and I fixed it, somewhat, by (after reading the
man pages) running the command - "gpm -k" (the
"killall gpm" worked also, but the window console in
Gnome started multiplying every tim
gt;
03/28/01 01:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject: ailing gpm - tp380ED
Dear all,
I just managed to install my Debian2.2 on my
thinkpad380ED, and this is happenning: my mouse went
crazy and I fixed it, somewhat, by (after reading the
m
Dear all,
I just managed to install my Debian2.2 on my
thinkpad380ED, and this is happenning: my mouse went
crazy and I fixed it, somewhat, by (after reading the
man pages) running the command - "gpm -k" (the
"killall gpm" worked also, but the window console in
Gnome started multiplying every ti
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