Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 2/22/07, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Do you suppose there might be any value in trying text mode gpm to see >> if that works, writes error to syslog, or gives some other clue? >> >> My gpm startup command is >> gpm -m /dv/input/mice -t exps2 > > It's something to try. Where is the gpm startup likely to be hiding?
/etc/init.d/gpm, and standard /etc/rcN.d links but you may need to install a gpm package. > >> My xorg.conf has >> .. >> Driver "mouse" >> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" >> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" >> .. >> like yours, I guess. > > Do you suppose that the exact upper/lower caseness of "IMPS/2" > matters? Debian Sarge on the Alpha, it is "ImPS/2". Fedora Core 3 > on an i386 box it is "IMPS/2". Heh?! A quick Google shows it your Alpha way, my way, and all lower-case. > > I won't have a chance to see this hands and eyes on until some time > next week, but will keep trying. The Alpha is working perfectly fine > as a remote machine with ssh access. Gus might have other suggestions. Only other thing I can think of is seeing if xev (on FC, it's in xorg-x11-utils) gives any clue, or even something like 'cat /dev/input/mice' (as root) and CTRL-C after a wiggle or 2. Regards, ..jim. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
