Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
[Eric Van Buggenhaut] My mouse works perfectly both in console and under X with 1.19.6-12 but when I upgrade to 1.19.6-19, I can't move the pointer under X. Still it works perfectly in console and the pointer appears in X. This is puzzling. Just to confirm: in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, in the InputDevice section for Configured Mouse or similar - are you using these settings? Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option Protocol Intellimouse If not, please report what you *are* using there. The other thing to check, if possible - did gpm 1.19.6-19 pick up your /etc/gpm.conf settings and write them back correctly? It should have. But if you happen to know that your gpm.conf has changed as part of the upgrade, it would be good to get some details on that. Peter signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 01:32 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Eric Van Buggenhaut] My mouse works perfectly both in console and under X with 1.19.6-12 but when I upgrade to 1.19.6-19, I can't move the pointer under X. Still it works perfectly in console and the pointer appears in X. This is puzzling. Just to confirm: in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, in the InputDevice section for Configured Mouse or similar - are you using these settings? Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option Protocol Intellimouse If not, please report what you *are* using there. # Identifier and driver Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse #Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Protocol auto Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Device /dev/psaux #Option Device /dev/gpmdata The other thing to check, if possible - did gpm 1.19.6-19 pick up your /etc/gpm.conf settings and write them back correctly? No, it didn't. More specifically, it added 2 lines: repeat_type=ms3 append='' -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 01:32:47AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Eric Van Buggenhaut] My mouse works perfectly both in console and under X with 1.19.6-12 but when I upgrade to 1.19.6-19, I can't move the pointer under X. Still it works perfectly in console and the pointer appears in X. This is puzzling. Just to confirm: in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, in the InputDevice section for Configured Mouse or similar - are you using these settings? Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option Protocol Intellimouse FYI, If I use /dev/gpmdata the pointer is frozen on the screen, I can't move it around. If I use /dev/psaux and Intellimouse the pointer moves all around the screen like crazy The only combination that works for me is /dev/psaux and auto -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
Thanks for the quick response. [Eric Van Buggenhaut] Option Protocol auto Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Device /dev/psaux Aha. Your configuration is difficult to support properly, and probably results in a short delay when switching between X and console, since doing so involves reinitialising the mouse. That's because, with both gpm and X having direct control of the mouse, they defensively have to make sure the mouse is in a known state, every time. This approach does work, modulo bugs in XFree86 or gpm; I've just never been comfortable with it. The other thing to check, if possible - did gpm 1.19.6-19 pick up your /etc/gpm.conf settings and write them back correctly? No, it didn't. More specifically, it added 2 lines: repeat_type=ms3 append='' Yeah, repeat_type is the culprit. The upgrade noticed that it was not set, so it used the default. In your case you're relying on gpm's behavior when the repeater is disabled. Fix / workaround: repeat_type=none You can either edit gpm.conf directly, or via 'dpkg-reconfigure gpm'. Please let us know whether this fixes your problem. (repeat_type='' would work too, but that would cause the same problem on the next upgrade, until we figure out the right way to handle this case.) Incidentally, the other workaround is to boot any kernel 2.6, whose input layer prevents this type of problem from occurring in the first place, by virtualising /dev/psaux entirely. If you do that, you'll need to ensure that the 'mousedev' and 'psmouse' kernel modules get loaded. Thanks again, Peter signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
[Eric Van Buggenhaut] If I use /dev/gpmdata the pointer is frozen on the screen, I can't move it around. That's odd. You *did* try it with XFree86 protocol Intellimouse? This is normally pretty foolproof if you have gpm running with repeat_type=ms3. If I use /dev/psaux and Intellimouse the pointer moves all around the screen like crazy That's expected. Intellimouse is not the mouse's real protocol. It's the simulated protocol used by the GPM repeater, the protocol known as ms3 in the GPM world. The mouse's real protocol, other than auto, is ExplorerPS/2 or ImPS/2 (probably either one will work). Peter signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 05:29:28AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Eric Van Buggenhaut] If I use /dev/gpmdata the pointer is frozen on the screen, I can't move it around. That's odd. You *did* try it with XFree86 protocol Intellimouse? This is normally pretty foolproof if you have gpm running with repeat_type=ms3. OK. I have to use repeat_type=ms3 + /dev/gpmdata + Intellimouse and the pointer works both in console + X both 1.19.6-12 and 1.19.6-19 I guess this closes the bug ? -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
[Eric Van Buggenhaut] OK. I have to use repeat_type=ms3 + /dev/gpmdata + Intellimouse and the pointer works both in console + X both 1.19.6-12 and 1.19.6-19 Great! I'd still like to know whether your original configuration (/dev/psaux, protocol auto) works with repeat_type=none. It should work. And that will confirm my analysis of the bug. I guess this closes the bug ? Almost. (: The upgrade should have preserved your empty repeat_type - I should have remembered earlier that this changes the behavior of gpm in an incompatible way. So we still have an upgrade bug, even though you've fixed it for yourself. I'll fix it properly for our next upload. Thanks, Peter signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#307638: gpm: upgrading from 1.19.6-12 to 1.19.6-19 mouse doesn't work in X
Package: gpm Version: 1.19.6-19 Severity: important My mouse works perfectly both in console and under X with 1.19.6-12 but when I upgrade to 1.19.6-19, I can't move the pointer under X. Still it works perfectly in console and the pointer appears in X. When a new window pops up, the pointer is moved to the border of that window. The problem is that there's no way I can move the pointer around using the touchpad. Note that my settings are identical for both versions. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.22 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Versions of packages gpm depends on: ii debianutils 2.8.4Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4Shared libraries for terminal hand -- debconf information: gpm/responsiveness: gpm/repeat_type: ms3 gpm/append: * gpm/restart: false gpm/sample_rate: * gpm/type: ps2 * gpm/device: /dev/psaux * gpm/restart_default: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
