I've never been able to get gpm working successfully, so I gave up on it.
That said, do you get any output if you do an "/etc/init.d/gpm start"? I
think there's also some messages it will write in /var/log. Check
/var/log/messages, look for a /var/log/gpm, etc.
Dunno where the gpm config stuff is kept, though it would seem strange to me
if it were tied in with the regular X stuff, since one can theoretically run
gpm without X installed at all. Maybe there's something in /etc for gpm
configs...
Harry Putnam said:
> Running woody (testing)
>
> I've been ignoring this issue and working on other things but I really
> miss having my little rodent in text mode.
>
> Its a logitec 3 button ps2, critter that works in X just fine.
>
> I can't remember how to tell with no doubt where the mouse is
> connected. At which device. I remember saying /dev/psaux during
> install but that was just a guess.
>
> Boot messages indicate gpm services are being started. But I have no
> functioning mouse in text mode.
>
> A grep of ps waux shows"
> ps waux|grep 'gpm' turns up nothing
>
> The devices directory itself shows
> ls -l /dev/ |grep 'mouse\|psaux\|gpm'
>
> prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 1 15:26 gpmdata
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 28 21:41 mouse -> gpmdata
> crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Nov 4 14:52 psaux
> crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 32 Nov 4 14:52 usbmouse
>
>>From posts here, I got the idea that the XF86Config mouse section is
> related to text mode mouse settings in some way. That section of mine
> looks like this:
>
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver
"mouse"
> Option
"CorePointer"
> Option
"Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option
"Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option
"Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option
"ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Mouse"
> Driver
"mouse"
> Option
"SendCoreEvents" "true"
> Option
"Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option
"Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option
"Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option
"ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> How can I tell beyond doubt which device the mouse is on. And get this
> thing configured and working.
>
>
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