On Jan 18, 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think I discovered my problem, but another came up. Here it is: I was tweaking some of /etc/X11/XF86Config, where it configures the mouse. I modified /dev/mouse to /dev/ttyS3 (where my mouse is). X failed. Tried to use /dev/gpmdata (while running gpm -R), and the mouse was moving like a crazy coachroach in x. Now that I switched back to /dev/mouse, and _still_ running gpm -R, here is the error X displays (when I crash it with control alt backspace, since I am mouseless): > > /home/cyberdemo/.xinitrc: line 3: 291 Broken pipe blackbox > xinit: connection to X server lost. >
> waiting for X server to shut down > Fatal server error: > Unable to set status of mouse fd (Interrupted system call) > > If I just kill gpm, I can start x normally, and even switch to the console >and back again to x (that was my original problem). Anyone with the same >problem/suggestions/hints/prayers to keep gpm and x running at the same >time? I'd appreciate your help. I just setup X for the first time a couple of weeks ago and had the same problem with a PS2 mouse. I boot directly to X with four open consoles and the mouse works everywhere I if start gpm after X is loaded. Basically I just disabled gpm on startup and run it at the end of /root/.profile. I don't know why this works or if it would work on your system, but it works for me. Larry