I thought I would reply to this email because I've read quite a few times about
getting ones mouse to work when using linux/arachne.
firstly, gpm will interact when trying to run X and can be disabled by entering at the
prompt gpm -k. then startx and the mouse will run correctly. SVGA aand X are two
differant graphic setups. Gpm doesnt seem to interact with SVGA the way it does with
X.
The problem with running arachne with SVGA is that one must go into the SVGA config
file and enable the SVGA mouse (not related to gpm) and while one is there enable a
video driver that conforms to your hardware configuration. Then install arachne and
run it.
Another reason why arachne wont take off is because the arachne install is looking for
SVGA in the lib directory and some releases, SUSE and Slackware, for two, put this lib
in another location. Downloading another SVGA is not necessary. Find it on your
distribution and move it to the lib directory.
Hope this helps some one.
Regards,
Helm.
At Fri, 17 Nov 2000 22:31:25 +0100 (CET) , Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Steve wrote:
>> The problem I mentioned earlier on the list about the wild
>> mouse IN ARACHNE was simply a matter of going into
>> /etc/vga/libvga.config and setting everything properly.
>
>IMHO This should be pointed out (if it isn't) in the docs (or in the
>installation procedure). Some people need to change that file for getting
>the graphics out correctly.
>
>> HOWEVER, the problem of a wild mouse IN X-Windows, while
>> leaving an svga-lib Arachne open is still a VERY bad bug!
>
>This is either a problem with X vs gpm (the mouse driver for the
>console) (this is a well known one) or something inside SVGAlib (unlikely
>IMHO). The fix is to not do like that (I know it's bad but that's the standard
>sollution to the gpm-X mouse problem).
>//Bernie
>http://bernie.arachne.cz/
>
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