Package: gpm Version: 1.19.6-19 Followup-For: Bug #219974 If you're running a 2.6 kernel and getting messages like:
Feb 9 13:03:56 sincerity-forever /usr/sbin/gpm[5145]: oops() invoked from gpn.c(205) in /var/log/syslog when you restart gpm, the problem is likely that the mousedev or psmouse modules aren't loaded. It was mousedev I was missing. Adding: mousedev psmouse to /etc/modules (and running modprobe mousedev ; modprobe psmouse; /etc/init.d/gpm restart in the interim before you reboot) should fix the problem. (At least it did for me.) This package should be changed to recommend this step when gpm fails to open psaux with a 'no such device' error, instead of silently failing with a mysterious 'oops' message in the syslog. --scott -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages gpm depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.45 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.11.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii ucf 1.13 Update Configuration File: preserv -- debconf information: gpm/responsiveness: gpm/repeat_type: raw gpm/append: * gpm/restart: true gpm/sample_rate: * gpm/type: ps2 * gpm/device: /dev/psaux * gpm/restart_default: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
