Re: gpm, X-Windows, MS Serial mouse

1997-03-24 Thread Curtis L. Daugaard
My thanks to several of you who responded to my post. You all corrected my mistake of thinking I could not specify the (preferred) /dev/ttySx in both gpm and the X-server. After correcting the config and rebooting I'm able to start and restart X without killing gpm. Regards, -- C.L. Daugaard

gpm, X-Windows, MS Serial mouse

1997-03-23 Thread Curtis L. Daugaard
Before I changed to Debian, I could swear that under Slackware I was able to use my MS serial mouse in X-Windows without first killing gpm. No more. X refuses to start, complaining device in use. I've tried everything I can think of based on the documentation for gpm, including invoking the -M

Re: gpm, X-Windows, MS Serial mouse

1997-03-23 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Curtis L. Daugaard wrote: Before I changed to Debian, I could swear that under Slackware I was able to use my MS serial mouse in X-Windows without first killing gpm. No more. X refuses to start, complaining device in use. I've tried everything I can think of based on