I run 'gpm' and X-Windows together always. I have done this in older distros in RH and MDK, right up to versions 7.2 and 8.2, respectively. I use PS/2 when I have it, but serial as well. I can't remember ever having ever experienced your problem.
A mouse driver is very simple in action at the command prompt since video is also relatively simple at this point. I run my MDK 8.2 machine at 'vga=768' resolution with 'gpm' running, and easily get into KDE or GNOME without problems from my PS/2 mouse (a Belkin three-button cheapie!) Once you are in an X-Windows session, it would seem to me that your X-server is the driving force with 'gpm' holding its own environment space for use in a terminal while X is running. I suspect that your problem is in X, not 'gpm'. Are you sure that you have X-server properly picked out and set according to your video card's attributes and capabilities? Are you pushing video to its max resolution, color depth and refresh rate? Have you tried to check keyboard access when the mouse locks up to see if the mouse is really locking up or if its really the X-Windows session? If your keyboard is inactive, it seems more probable that you have an improperly set-up X-Server (or maybe the wrong one for your video card?) What's your video, VRAM and brand of mouse you are using? What are the setting that you configured with XF86Setup? I am sure that many here could help you see where you need to make changes if we knew more about your configuration. T Abhijeet Joglekar wrote: > Hi, > > I have a dual boot system with win2K and Mandrake 9.0. The ps/2 mouse > works fine under windows and also on the linux console (with gpm). But > once X starts, the system crashes as soon as I move the mouse a few times. > (The keyboard and mouse hang and I have to do a hard reboot. Since my > machine is not on the network, I cant ssh and check it has crashed > completely.) > > I read on the web that there is some problem with linux kernel for ps/2 > mouses and two fixes were suggested: > > 1) dont run gpm and X together. > 2) run gpm with -R option in which it copies mouse movement data to a fifo > which X can read from by configuring Mouse device as /dev/gpmdata in > XF86Config. > > (Also, googling revealed that this problem is only there for ps/2 rodents > and NOT for serial/usb mice, but I havent checked them yet). > > Both solutions did not work. The mouse still causes X to freeze. > > Also, interrupt 12 is not shared by any other device. > > Did others face any such problems? > > Thanks. > - abhijeet > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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