Thank you all guys for helping me figure this out, but the answer was beyond
configuring gpm or X, and it was a lot simpler:
MY MOUSE was not working well!
I changed it for a new one, and voilà! I am working perfectly in both X and
console.
that's the wonder of linux! sttruggling more than a
Andres LG wrote:
> I installed mousedev with modconf, but it didnt change my X config
> file, it is still /dev/psaux.
The 'mousedev' is a kernel module. The file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is
a config file for XFree86. Installing a kernel module is not going to
do anything to your config files. Why
Andres LG wrote:
I installed mousedev with modconf, but it didnt change my X config file, it is
still /dev/psaux.
The thing is:
/dev/psaux is the correct device
gpm.conf is OK
files related with gpm are OK
but gpm doesnt work! what am I doing wrong?
Perhaps you need to "modprobe psmouse"?
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 11:39:04PM -0400, Andres LG wrote:
> and making gpmconfig using diferent configurations (imps2,
> ps2, autops2; repeat_type raw, ms3, none): nothing
What kind of mouse do you actually have? How many buttons, what vendor
etc.
> $ ls -l /dev/psaux
> crw---1 root
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 05:05:05AM -0400, Andres LG wrote:
> When I put
> $cat /dev/psaux
> I get a lot of garbage on the screen, so I am sure it is the right device.
Use hexdump/hd (in the bsdmainutils package) to read binary data ,
rather than simply catting it which will most likely break you
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 06:01:03AM -0400, richard lyons wrote:
> Derek usually answers these - but he sounds a bit fed up with the repetition.
> You will find several recent threads on this in the archive, but to save you
> the search this time here is the key bit:
afaik, this advice is only re
> On Sun, 9 May 2004 11:39:39 -0600, Bob wrote:
> >>
> >Yes. Stop X first. Get it working on the console before worrying
> >about it working in X. By leaving X reading from /dev/psaux you now
> >have two different processes reading the same device.
>
> I have done that, in many diferent ways:
>
On Sunday 09 May 2004 05:05, Andres LG wrote:
> I cant use mouse in console, even though I installed gpm.
> this is my /etc/gpm.conf
>
> device=/dev/psaux
> responsiveness=
> repeat_type=raw
> type=imps2
> append=""
> sample_rate=
[...]
Derek usually answers these - but he sounds a bit fed up with
I cant use mouse in console, even though I installed gpm.
this is my /etc/gpm.conf
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=raw
type=imps2
append=""
sample_rate=
When I put
$cat /dev/psaux
I get a lot of garbage on the screen, so I am sure it is the right device.
but after I make
$gpmconf
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