[SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
Ok, so at work we're running red hat (shrike), and I have a fairly standard, cheapo mouse - which is probably half my trouble... but the thing keeps dieing! stops dead, will not accept any more input. I have a script which stops and starts the mouse up again which I run each time this happens (I've become very familiar with my keyboard shortcuts) but this is annoying and I am plagued by the I shouldn't have to do this feeling. Can anyone help me figure out what is actually going wrong so that it doesn't happen anymore? Cheers and thanks, Taryn Mouse type: YAHA N4280 model M-07 Mouse driver being used: generic PS/2 wheel mouse Green Mile script: su -c /etc/init.d/gpm restart -- This .sig temporarily out-of-order. We apologise for any inconvenience - The Management -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:11, Taryn East wrote: Ok, so at work we're running red hat (shrike), and I have a fairly standard, cheapo mouse - which is probably half my trouble... but the thing keeps dieing! *snip* Mouse driver being used: generic PS/2 wheel mouse Green Mile script: su -c /etc/init.d/gpm restart Have you tried rejigging X to use its own PS/2 mouse driver and disabling gpm altogether? It just sounds like gpm is having problems, and I tend not to trust it too much anyway (bad experiences trying to use gpm with USB mice..) -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
I think I get something similiar I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Alt-F7 and it starts to work again.. Dave. On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Peter Hardy wrote: On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:11, Taryn East wrote: Ok, so at work we're running red hat (shrike), and I have a fairly standard, cheapo mouse - which is probably half my trouble... but the thing keeps dieing! *snip* Mouse driver being used: generic PS/2 wheel mouse Green Mile script: su -c /etc/init.d/gpm restart Have you tried rejigging X to use its own PS/2 mouse driver and disabling gpm altogether? It just sounds like gpm is having problems, and I tend not to trust it too much anyway (bad experiences trying to use gpm with USB mice..) -- David Airlie, Software Engineer http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / airlied at skynet.ie pam_smb / Linux DECstation / Linux VAX / ILUG person -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
Ok, so at work we're running red hat (shrike), and I have a fairly standard, cheapo mouse - which is probably half my trouble... but the thing keeps dieing! stops dead, will not accept any more input. I have a script which stops and starts the mouse up again which I run each time this happens (I've become very familiar with my keyboard shortcuts) but this is annoying and I am plagued by the I shouldn't have to do this feeling. Can anyone help me figure out what is actually going wrong so that it doesn't happen anymore? I think there's a known issue with gpm in some of the Redhat releases (8.0 and 9.0 from memory). The symptoms are exactly as you describe. One workaround, which sounds counterintuitive, is not to start gpm at all in your system startup. gpm I think only does mouse stuff in text mode init 3 style things, and isn't required under X. You can try disabling gpm completely from your system startup and see how things go from there. Disclaimer: This happened about 12 months ago to me and I've naturally forgotten the details, so I'm just using information to the best of my recollection here. Good luck, Stuart. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
* Dave Airlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I think I get something similiar I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Alt-F7 and it starts to work again.. Erm, what are these keyboard shortcuts supposed to do? They're not listed under the standard gnome defaults... On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Peter Hardy wrote: On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:11, Taryn East wrote: Ok, so at work we're running red hat (shrike), and I have a fairly standard, cheapo mouse - which is probably half my trouble... but the thing keeps dieing! *snip* Mouse driver being used: generic PS/2 wheel mouse Green Mile script: su -c /etc/init.d/gpm restart Have you tried rejigging X to use its own PS/2 mouse driver and disabling gpm altogether? It just sounds like gpm is having problems, and I tend not to trust it too much anyway (bad experiences trying to use gpm with USB mice..) erm, nope - I'm a newbie still... some questions: - what is gpm? (I got the script from someone else) - how do I go about disabling it? Cheers and thanks, Taryn -- This .sig temporarily out-of-order. We apologise for any inconvenience - The Management -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
I think I get something similiar I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Alt-F7 and it starts to work again.. Erm, what are these keyboard shortcuts supposed to do? They're not listed under the standard gnome defaults... doh sorry .. switch to the text console and switch back to X .. it re-inits the mouse I think... it only happens me say once a week or so.. and that is on a Fedora Core 1 system.. - what is gpm? (I got the script from someone else) console mouse service.. for using the mouse in text mode ... - how do I go about disabling it? Redhat-System Settings-Server Settings-Services untick the gpm box and save changes... also hit stop on it ... Dave. -- David Airlie, Software Engineer http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / airlied at skynet.ie pam_smb / Linux DECstation / Linux VAX / ILUG person -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
* Dave Airlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: - what is gpm? (I got the script from someone else) console mouse service.. for using the mouse in text mode ... - how do I go about disabling it? Redhat-System Settings-Server Settings-Services untick the gpm box and save changes... also hit stop on it ... excellent - have done and will see if it's all ok from now on :) thanks heaps, Taryn -- This .sig temporarily out-of-order. We apologise for any inconvenience - The Management -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:35:01PM +1000, Taryn East wrote: * Dave Airlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I think I get something similiar I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Alt-F7 and it starts to work again.. Erm, what are these keyboard shortcuts supposed to do? Crtl-Alt-Fn (in X) takes you to virtual console n; Alt-Fn does the same outside X. The usual setup is to start 6 virtual consoles; your X session is the next available VC, so it's usually VC 7. You normally login on VC 1, so Ctrl-Alt-F1 takes you back to the console from which you started X. Alt-F7 then takes you back to X. Cheers, John -- If my son wants to be a pimp when he grows up, that's fine with me. I hope he's a good one and enjoys it and doesn't get caught. I'll support him in this. But if he wants to be a network administrator, he's out of the house and not part of my family. Steve Wozniak, http://www.woz.org -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] argh! dieing mouse!
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Stuart Cooper wrote: Ok, so at work we're running red hat (shrike), and I have a fairly standard, cheapo mouse - which is probably half my trouble... but the thing keeps dieing! stops dead, will not accept any more input. I have a script which stops and starts the mouse up again which I run each time this happens (I've become very familiar with my keyboard shortcuts) but this is annoying and I am plagued by the I shouldn't have to do this feeling. Can anyone help me figure out what is actually going wrong so that it doesn't happen anymore? I think there's a known issue with gpm in some of the Redhat releases (8.0 and 9.0 from memory). The symptoms are exactly as you describe. One workaround, which sounds counterintuitive, is not to start gpm at all in your system startup. gpm I think only does mouse stuff in text mode init 3 style things, and isn't required under X. You can try disabling gpm completely from your system startup and see how things go from there. Disclaimer: This happened about 12 months ago to me and I've naturally forgotten the details, so I'm just using information to the best of my recollection here. Same here with RH9 2.4 kernel, updated to 2.6 and all went away. Mind you a RH9 2.4 - 2.6 kernel upgrade is a little bit painful. vim users will find that gpm is a RPM dependency Darren Good luck, Stuart. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Darren Williams dsw AT gelato.unsw.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gelato.unsw.edu.au -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
