On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Rob Lindenbusch wrote: > Hogland, Thomas E. wrote: > > > > Here's a question I haven't been able to find anyplace: I have Debian > > installed on a Compaq Prolinea MT, and the mouse is on a built-in port. > > GPM detects and installs this as ttyS0, coincidentally locking out the > > modem on com1/irq4/ttyS0...I tried to uninstall gpm, but it refuses to > > uninstall with dpkg, then after dpkg fails it re-starts gpm! > > > > I jst went through a similar problem with my Micron PC: > > 1) You don't have to re-install gpm, you can use ... a command whose > name I don't remember (something like gpmconfig - see /etc/gpm.conf - it > is mentioned there) > > 2) You want to tell it that the mouse is on /dev/mouse, and (in my case) ^^^^^^^^^^ This only works if /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/psmouse or /dev/psaux. See my config file. ( I use gpm in repeater mode so it can stay loaded when I run X-windows.
# /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1) # Written by Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # Mostly self-explanatory. If you mouse seems to be to slow, try # to set responsiveness=15, append contains some random arguments appended # to the commandline. # device=/dev/psmouse responsiveness= type=ps2 append="-R" > also tell it that it is a "ps2" style mouse (This is even the case if > you have a m$ mouse - don't be fooled. It seems to want a ps2 mouse if > it is on a mouse port, no matter what) > > 3) restart gpm, and run mev to test your mouse. > > > Hope this helps :) > > > Rob > > > -- > Rob Lindenbusch > Indian@ Interactive > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ai.org > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ********************************************************************/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .