Not sure. I know that some hardware with ps2 mouse, lockup the mouse, and you also lockup the keyboard. I learned this the hard way -- one keyboard, one mouse on two computers!
Dale Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Does anyone know why gpm would completely hang : console logins on a machine? I can still login remotely, : and if I kill gpm I can then get a console. : This would seem to be very bad behavior on gpm's part. : It first happened after a dselect update on the : woody dist back in August. I've been doing updates : on a regular basis hoping the problem would just go : away (the few hours I had to play with it were what : led me to the above remote login solution, which has : been enough to get by with this machine for awhile) : as they usually do. : Even if things have drastically changed, even if the : config file is f***ed, one would not expect a mouse : daemon to completely block console command line logins! : Any suggestions for a bandaide until the underlying : problem goes away? : ------------------------------------------------------ : Use Linux: A computer Dale Amon, CEO/MD : is a terrible thing Village Networking Ltd : to waste. Belfast, Northern Ireland : ------------------------------------------------------ : -- : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --
