On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Why not just add -R to the gpm configuration and use /dev/gpmdata and
> > MouseSystems in XF86Config; then you can have both.
>
> Doesn't the gpm man page says that what you are suggesting doesn't apply to
> serial mice ?
If that's the way you understand it, then I think you should submit a bug
report against the man page. Here's the paragraph:
With X11 gpm has the same problems as selection. If your
mouse is a single-open device (i.e. a bus mouse), you
should kill gpm before strating X, or use the ``-R''
option (see above). To kill gpm just invoke gpm -k. This
doesn't apply to serial mice.
To what does "This" refer? I think it means "forget this entire
paragraph if you have a serial mouse", not just the previous sentence.
But it's ambiguous.
In any case, all my bo systems use gpm -R, and /dev/gpmdata with
"MouseSystems" in X. Some are pentiums with PS/2 mice, some are 486s with
serial mice.
BTW, hands off GMT please. We need it here, at least during the wintertime.
Cheers,
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David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
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