OK, I tried this, but it didn't seem to work.
First, I unplugged the Logitech Mouseman 4-button mouse from
my Dell Latitude LM laptop, and the touchpad wouldn't give me a
cursor/pointer, and then I tried
gpm -k and
gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2
but no joy. Then, I plugged it back in, and it still worked.
Unfortunately, while trying to enter another command, the
keyboard locked up, and I had to shut the system down :-(
By the way, /dev/mouse is a sym link to /dev/psaux, and
I tried this in console mode; no X was running.
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000805 23:31]:
> gpm -k
> gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2
>
> I am just guessing that the touchpad is a ps/2 mouse -
> use the right device name and protocol.
>
> man gpm
>
> http://nwonknu.org/micro-howtos/
>
> there is a manpages micro-howto there many newbies have found helpful.
>
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Richard Spencer wrote:
>
> > I run rh6 on a laptop, and often have an external
> > mouse plugged in--while working at my desk, for
> > example--but I sometimes would like to kill gpm
> > so that I can use the touchpad built into the PC
> > and wondered if anyone could 'point' me in the
> > right direction?
> >
> > How can I re-start gpm (or am I missing the mark,
> > here) so that I can use a different pointing
> > device?
> > --
> > Richard Spencer "Why Not" is a slogan
> > S=E3o Paulo, Brazil for an interesting life.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mason Cooley
>
> Lawson
>
> All's well that ends. - Ben Franklin
>
>
>
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Running Redhat 6.0 with some upgraded packages.
Richard Spencer "Why Not" is a slogan
Sao Paulo, Brazil for an interesting life.
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