On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:44:26PM -0500, cyn wrote: > On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Riccardo Gusso wrote: > > > and gpm is configured as '-m /dev/psaux -t autops2 -Rms3'. > > Before I had installed another distro, RH 7.1, and I had no problems with > > trackpad. Could you give me some suggestions on how to configure XF86Config > > and/or gpm? > > gpm and XFree rarely can coexist together - gpm binds to the mouse device, > and the mouse doesn't like multiple things trying to bind to it. If you > have gpm working fully, I suggest having your XFree86 config read from > /dev/gpmdata (as ps/2 as you already have) and give that a go. failing > that - your best bet is to stop gpm in your .xinitrc and start it after > your X session exits (and you might be able to manually start and stop it > when going to virtual consoles, don't know). > > All in all, I gave up on it - and don't even bother running gpm (unless > for some reason I *really really* need to... I can always fire up some > xterms normally. > > -Martin Norland > > //
excellent advice! (i had a similar problem--the mouse would lock after a few clicks--on a new box today. # dpkg -r gpm did the trick.) my mouse is happy (and so am i). thx. b. // -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
