What if you stop gpm, and try again. (Start a x session, go back to console and do /etc/init.dgpm stop as root, or stop gpm first and then start an x session).
Ron Rademaker On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > Hi. I'm experiencing technical difficulties, > if you can help I'll love you forever... > > I'm running what was CorelOS, pretty much converted to woody (remove > all the packages with "corel" in them, edit sources.list, then apt-get > update && apt-get upgrade). My mouse doesn't work in X, much as if I had > the wrong argument to Protocol in 'Section "Pointer"' of XF86Config. > > Odd thing is, 24 hours ago it worked fine. It stopped when I was apt-get > install'ing things left and right [1], so I'm not sure what triggered it. > (it stopped working right after I installed ssh. Hm.) In XF86Config, the > Protocol and Device for the pointer (mouse) were "PS/2" and "/dev/mouse" > (/dev/mouse isa symlink to /dev/psaux). In the console, gpm still works > fine, and it has the equivalent settings in its config file > (/etc/gpm.conf; device=/dev/psaux, type=ps2). > > I have a very normal, 3-button, contemporary-model Logitech mouse, with a > PS/2 connector. In XF86Config, I tried changing the Protocol to (almost) > everything listed in man XF86Config; and changing the Device to /dev/psaux > and /dev/ttyS[0123]. In short, I tried every suggestion I found in the > archives in debian-user and my head. No avail. > > I did find that changing Device to be "/dev/gpmdata" and Protocol to > Microsoft, MouseMan, or MouseSystems, it worked fine except my mouse's > middle button didn't work. I use this button a lot. I can > Emulate3Buttons, but it's not the same. > > btw, this seems independent of WM (tested with twm; and enlightenment, > both with and without gpm). > > Thanks in advance. > Aaron > > [1] CorelOS is OK, except for the packages it's missing on the distro CD. > Didn't even have emacs, for chrissakes... > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
