Subject: Re: gpm and X and mouse (fwd) Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 08:49:55AM -0500
In reply to:W. Paul Mills Quoting W. Paul Mills([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I have had 3 or 4 computers, and many different pointing devices. > All have worked fine this way. Mostly Logitech mice, but others > also. > > > Chris Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : It's been three computers and four mice already, and I've never > : had this working, so I'm curious if anyone has got it to work and > : under what circumstances, so that maybe the next time I spend money > : I can make duplication of these circumstances a consideration. > : -chris > > : ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > : From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:19:51 -0700 (PDT) > > :>I've tried to tell X to use the fifo /dev/gpmdata as its > :>pointing device but it doesn't work. The mouse behaves fine > :>under gpm (even cut&paste works) but is unuseable under X. The > :>mouse cursor does move when I move the mouse, but in > :>completely erratic and unpredictable ways. The only way I've > :>got the mouse to work under X is to not use the gpm fifo, and > :>to stop gpm before starting X. My mouse is a Logitech 3-button > :>PS/2 type. -chris Interesting. I have 2 potato systems, #1 is a Slink upgraded to Potato box. On this box I have /dev/mouse linked to /dev/ttyS1 and have in /etc/gpm.conf 'device=/dev/ttyS1'. Mouse works fine in X and console. This box does not have a /dev/gpmdata entry. On box #2 I had problems with the upgrade so I did a new install of potato from cd's. I use the same /etc/gpm.conf as box 1. I tried linking ./dev/mouse to /dev/ttyS1 and the Mouse didn't work in X. I then linked /dev/mouse to /dev/gpmdata. Mouse works in X and console now. This and other problems lead me to think that a new install sets the system up differently the an upgrade does. ie box #1 does not have any /dev/ttya or /dev/ptya devices but box #2 does. The latest version of Splitvt works on box 2, using /dev/ttya* devices but gives an error of 'no available pseudo terminals' and an strace shows a failure on /dev/ptya not being there. I didn't see these problems in going from 2.0 to 2.1. :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) -- Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it. _______________________________________________________