It is sufficient in Debian Potato to just replace /dev/psaux with /dev/gpmdata in /etc/X11/XF80Config, after the change in /etc/gpm.conf.
Here is an earlier discussion on the list about the same problem (but if you don't know it's the same problem, you can't search for it): http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200204/msg00339.html Thanks everybody for the quick help. Elaine On Saturday 29 June 2002 01:28 am, Gary Turner wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:33:02 -0700, Elaine Tsiang wrote: > > >The machine is Dell stock, which came with RedHat 6.2 pre-installed. It has > >been running well for > 2 years. I decided to try Debian on it. > > > >The installation completed with an apparent successful XFree86 configuration. > >Upon reboot, X starts up fine, and the Debian splash screen is displayed with > >some initial icons. But the mouse cursor freezes, appears and disappears, > >moves irratically, and mouse clicks have random delayed effects. Needless to > >say, it is not usable. > > > >The mouse is PS/2. I have the standard "Pointer" section: > > > >Protocal "PS/2" > >Device "/dev/psaux" > > > >I am running twm, xdm and gnome. > > > >I have re-run XF86Setup many times, each time, the mouse works fine within > >XF86Setup. So maybe it's a problem with twm, etc.? > > > >Very late on a Friday, would appreciate some hint. Otherwise I'll have to > >abandon Debian, and go to RedHat 7.2, which is running fine on another > >machine with a PS/2. > > Sounds like you have gpm running (lets mouse run in console). That > conflicts with /dev/psaux. Make the following configuration changes: > > /etc/gpm.conf > > # This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and can be modified by > # /usr/sbin/gpmconfig. > # > device=/dev/psaux > responsiveness= > repeat_type=raw # <--- acts as source for X's mouse > type=ps2 > append="" > > /etx/X11/XF86Config[-4] depends on version > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > # reads the raw data from gpm without conflict > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > If I haven't left anything out, that ought to do it. Do "/etc/init.d/gpm > restart" Then restart X. > -- > gt > It is interesting to note that as one evil empire (generic) fell, > another Evil Empire (tm) began its nefarious rise. -- gt > Coincidence? I think not. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]