On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 07:48:18PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > S Taylor wrote: > > > > (touchpad) Pointer Config in XF86Config: > > Section "Pointer" > > Protocol "GlidePoint" > > Device "/dev/mouse" > > Port "/dev/mouse" > > Buttons 3 > > > > Where is this pointer freezing up? The > > problem _may_ have begun after upgrading > > to potato (apt-get update, apt-get > > dist-upgrade). An strace of the two loads > > doesn't show any clear point of freeze (that > > this newbie recognizes). The pointer often > > freezes after a screen-saver has been on.
> be sure nothing else is using the mouse? > e.g. gpm or something ..i suggest running > lsof to see if anything is using the device > before doing startx. if there is stop the > process/daemon and see if that helps. > > nate > > -- Thank you, thank you == .bashrc was stopping and starting gpm for $USER root -- which caused the freeze up. Others comment about X and gpm conflicting; my errors cause conflict, not gpm I'll have to re-post, research to answer this: Where do I add this statement in init.d to set up the modem on bootup, before gpm? "setserial -q /dev/ttyS2 port 3 port 0x03e8 irq 3" ..and thanks again. The mass of possibilities had fogged the simple check of config files/their actions.
