On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 07:57:43PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > As for gpm - I don't use it myself, but I don't think 2.6 has changed > the situation that you can't meaningfully have two things trying to > read the same mouse. The standard advice is to get gpm working first - > configuring it according to the settings you've used for X should work > - which you do with X not running, then tell gpm to repeat type=raw > (check punctuation :-) ) and point X's mouse config at /dev/gpmdata.
In fact, this is one thing that 2.6 does fix. I have both gpm and X pointed at /dev/input/mice, and both applications respond to both a usb and ps/2 mouse at the same time without interfering with each other. (I don't normally engage in two-fisted mousing, I just never unplugged the ps/2 mouse when I upgraded to the usb one.) As far as the OP goes, I suspect that gpm is probably not properly configured. According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/input/input.txt: Mousedev will generate either PS/2, ImPS/2 (Microsoft IntelliMouse) or ExplorerPS/2 (IntelliMouse Explorer) protocols, depending on what the program reading the data wishes. Here's my /etc/gpm.conf (trimmed of comments): device=/dev/input/mice responsiveness= repeat_type=msc type=imps2 append="-3" sample_rate= HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | WARNING: Persons denying the existence of Denver, Colorado USA | robots may be robots themselves. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]