[Cooker] [gpm] gpm messes up xfree86 mouse
When I recover my system from a software suspend, the mouse settings from gpm become the mouse settings for gpm (the sensitivity of my mouse is increased dramatically, etc. I know it assumes the gpm mouse settings because this bug did not exist until after I had install gpm). Perhaps the suspend scripts should flag xfree86 to reset the mouse upon resuming? The effects of this bug can be nullified by switching to a text console and then back to xfree86. _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
[Cooker] GPM error: unknown mouse type 250
Hello List! Here is a minor problem with gpm that I have been living with for quite some time (always??) When switching from X to a virtual console, I often encounter a badly behaving mouse, typically requiring the following to get it straightened out. The mouse that I use is a Radio Shack branded trackball with three buttons and two scroll-wheels. It works excellently in X, and, when gpm's imps2 driver loads without complaining, it works perfectly on the virtual terminals as well. [chas@megalodon chas]$ *** err [mice.c(1864)]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed init *** err [mice.c(1864)]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed init [chas@megalodon chas]$ su -c service gpm restart Password: Shutting down console mouse services: [FAILED] Starting console mouse services: *** err [mice.c(1892)]: imps2: Auto-detected unknown mouse type 250, assuming standard PS/2 *** err [mice.c(1892)]: imps2: Auto-detected unknown mouse type 250, assuming standard PS/2 [ OK ] [chas@megalodon chas]$ su -c service gpm restart Password: Shutting down console mouse services: [ OK ] Starting console mouse services:[ OK ] [chas@megalodon chas]$ --Charles S.
Re: [Cooker] GPM error: unknown mouse type 250
--- Original Message --- From: Chuck Shirley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] GPM error: unknown mouse type 250 Hello List! Here is a minor problem with gpm that I have been living with for quite some time (always??) When switching from X to a virtual console, I often encounter a badly behaving mouse, typically requiring the following to get it straightened out. The mouse that I use is a Radio Shack branded trackball with three buttons and two scroll-wheels. It works excellently in X, and, when gpm's imps2 driver loads without complaining, it works perfectly on the virtual terminals as well. [chas@megalodon chas]$ *** err [mice.c(1864)]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed init *** err [mice.c(1864)]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed init [chas@megalodon chas]$ su -c service gpm restart Password: Shutting down console mouse services: [FAILED] Starting console mouse services: *** err [mice.c(1892)]: imps2: Auto-detected unknown mouse type 250, assuming standard PS/2 *** err [mice.c(1892)]: imps2: Auto-detected unknown mouse type 250, assuming standard PS/2 [ OK ] [chas@megalodon chas]$ su -c service gpm restart Password: Shutting down console mouse services: [ OK ] Starting console mouse services: [ OK ] [chas@megalodon chas]$ Yes, I don't think this is a Mandrake bug per se, except that someone should really take the time to fix this problem and apply a custom patch. gpm seems to lose synchronization with the mouse and only receive an ACK character (250) instead of the intended id (3 for the imps2 IIRC). It has been reported many times, some people have submitted patches, but nothing has ever been applied. It is the kind of glitch that is very annoying in the long term, but not annoying enough as soon as you try to get into the source code and fix it. Here is the last thread I found about it: http://lists.linux.it/pipermail/gpm/2002-December/000569.html =-= kk1
[Cooker] gpm problem in console solved?
there is famous problem with gpm and some text applications. for example, if we run midnight commander under text console (often without frame buffer) there is error messages about problem with liblow.c. i have found solution which works for me (tm). if i understand right, there is problem with structure where transmit ID of owner console in function Gpm_GetEvent(). strace say: read(5, , 24) = 0 ^^ write(2, info: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/liblow.c(446)]:\n, 64) = 64 my packages with modified (paths in diff) patch is located here: http://c0re.phuture.sk/packages/gpm maybe this is candidate to updates, because i see many question about this problem in mailing lists about linux located here. -- Linux 2.4.19-18mdk Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 14:32:34 up 1 day, 22:40, 5 users, load average: 0.07, 0.07, 0.02 msg81003/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Cooker] gpm fails
gpm fails with a message concerning a shared library, and an unsupported version 29285 of Verneed record. Same error while doing a ldd on /usr/sbin/gpm
Re: [Cooker] gpm fails
yes, I see an error like that when i run programs such as links a bunch of text scrolls on the screen before links starts. I had to service gpm stop to get things to work :) John On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:34:42PM +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: gpm fails with a message concerning a shared library, and an unsupported version 29285 of Verneed record. Same error while doing a ldd on /usr/sbin/gpm -- John V. Turek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] gpm problem for console mouse (PS/2) in B3
I get these errors for gpm on boot, and the PS/2 mouse does not work in console (similar stuff for B2) on fresh B3... -RE Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: info: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/gpn.c(363)]: Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon mode. Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: === ERROR ===: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c(1740)]: Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed to read id, assuming standard PS/2 Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: === ERROR ===: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c(1746)]: Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed setup, continuing... Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: info: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c(1757)]: Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: imps2: Auto-detected standard PS/2 Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm: gpm startup succeeded ... It is a regular PS/2 MS intellipoint (scroll type) mouse. Thanks :)
Re: [Cooker] gpm problem for console mouse (PS/2) in B3
On Monday 19 Aug 2002 1:15 pm, Randy wrote: I get these errors for gpm on boot, and the PS/2 mouse does not work in console (similar stuff for B2) on fresh B3... =snip= Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: === ERROR ===: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c(1746)]: =snip= ... It is a regular PS/2 MS intellipoint (scroll type) mouse. Thanks :) Im getting an error like this (same mouse) ===ERROR===:[/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c (1727)]: imps2: ps/2 mouse failed init The system boots fine as far as the graphical login screen (the mouse works at this point), then, when trying to log in, X dumps out and thats the only error message i get. I get dumped to tty1, where i can now log in as user, type kde, and everything then works fine. that is X reappears on tty7. All the best Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] gpm problem for console mouse (PS/2) in B3
Terry Conway wrote: On Monday 19 Aug 2002 1:15 pm, Randy wrote: I get these errors for gpm on boot, and the PS/2 mouse does not work in console (similar stuff for B2) on fresh B3... snip Aug 19 03:52:54 twin gpm[1493]: === ERROR ===: [/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c(1746)]: snip ... It is a regular PS/2 MS intellipoint (scroll type) mouse. Thanks :) Im getting an error like this (same mouse) ===ERROR===:[/home/snailtalk/RPM/BUILD/gpm-1.20.0/src/mice.c (1727)]: imps2: ps/2 mouse failed init The system boots fine as far as the graphical login screen (the mouse works at this point), then, when trying to log in, X dumps out and thats the only error message i get. I get dumped to tty1, where i can now log in as user, type kde, and everything then works fine. that is X reappears on tty7. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that for my gpm errors the mouse still works perfectly in X, and X *does not* dump out, like for Terry. My problem is only in the console. Just wanted to share this, and if I can assist let me know. -Rand E (B3 init 3)
[Cooker] gpm and portmap shutdown after first boot.
Hi Version:(fmirror ftp.uninett.no) Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020226 14:37 /ChangeLog/1.664/Tue Feb 26 10:55:32 2002// Something is altering the setup of my services, I checked on the first boot that gpm and portmap was running. I even now have checked in syslog to be sure that they was indeed started successfully. But this is the second boot and they was not in syslog as started and I had to restart them, from within mcc. Install was with security high, BastilleChooser started as moderate security and no servers. regards guran -- Mandrake Linux 8.2 Cooker kernel-2.4.17.21mdk-1-1mdk version:2002-02-26-14:37
[Cooker] Gpm problem solved, glibc update unplesantries and Aurora bug !!!
Hi all, First of all I have to thanks dams for the new (semi;)working DrakConf, I was starting to belive that will never work again !!! Then let's go to business: If you remember I've reported that gpm in text consoles when X is started goes completly crazy with a M$ wheel mouse ( Trekker), this did not happened with a standard 2 button PS2 mouse and only happen when imwheel and X are running. After I changed the device gpm was using from psaux to mouse everything went super OK, the strange problem is that they are symlinks to the same devfs device like that: /dev/mouse is pointing to /dev/misc/psaux ( full path) /dev/psaux is pointing to misc/psaux I've changed /dev/psaux to the same link as /dev/mouse and tested, gpm was ok, but unfortunately after reboot someone (devfs ???) change it back to the old link and was not working anymore :(, what I want to know is where you configure those links and propose to change that to full path as /dev/mouse. The reboot bringed up a very old weirdness, after each glibc update the filesystem remaine screwed up a little and was picked by e2fschek that found a lot of (non-lethal) troubles, is that normal as a result of glibc update or is a bug And at last, I rebooted in graphical mode first time after update (BTW the new LILO menu is quite nice :) and Aurora prompt me if I want to fscheck the fs with prompt like yn ( no, not y/n as usual), no matter what key I pressed ( even Ctrl-Alt_Del ) it didn't go further, had to use the reset button and boot in console image that fschecked OK and then rebooting with graphical stuff was OK. That's it for today, thank you and keep up the good work. Mircea C.
[Cooker] gpm KMail
Hi VERSION (rsync ftp.uninett.no) /ChangeLog/1.563/Mon Sep 3 20:23:16 2001// Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20010904 0:18 No gpm from start. KMail seems to have lost the 'memory' I usually only have to write c and up pops the email address to cooker - not today. regards guran -- Mandrake Linux 8.1 beta Cooker kernel 2.4.8-17 vers.1.563
Re: [Cooker] gpm: Add extra parameter to /etc/sysconfig/mouse
So sprach »Alexander 'Digital Projects' Skwar« am 2001-07-15 um 11:37:44 +0200 : Hi! Hi! This is now #4065 @ https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=4065 Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 6 hours 43 minutes
[Cooker] gpm
I think gpm's scripts are missing some double quotes ... [root@fulgore:/home/ftp/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS]# rpm -qp --scripts gpm-1.19.2-4mdk.i586.rpm postinstall script (through /bin/sh): /sbin/chkconfig --add gpm /sbin/ldconfig if [ -x "/sbin/install-info" ]; then /sbin/install-info /usr/share/info/gpm.info.bz2 --dir=/usr/share/info/dir;fi preuninstall script (through /bin/sh): if [ $1 = 0 ]; then ^^ /sbin/chkconfig --del gpm fi if [ "$1" = "0" ];then /sbin/install-info \ /usr/share/info/gpm.info.bz2 --dir=/usr/share/info/dir --remove ;fi postuninstall program: /sbin/ldconfig -- Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE Linux Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] gpm
Eugenio Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think gpm's scripts are missing some double quotes ... thanks fixed.. -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel
[Cooker] GPM/XFree86 and Wacom
I recently bought a Wacom Graphire Pad. It's supported by XFree86 (I currently use 3.3.6) and gpm (I use 1.19.1), but It's not listed in the Mouse configuration Dialog. For X one needs to add a xinput section to XF86Config but for gpm one needs to set "-t wacom" only so this should be no problem. I hope my graphire will be listed soon. :-) Jan Dittberner
Re: [Cooker] GPM/XFree86 and Wacom
Jan Dittberner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently bought a Wacom Graphire Pad. It's supported by XFree86 (I currently use 3.3.6) and gpm (I use 1.19.1), but It's not listed in the Mouse configuration Dialog. For X one needs to add a xinput section to XF86Config but for gpm one needs to set "-t wacom" only so this should be no problem. I hope my graphire will be listed soon. :-) This is on my todo for the next release. -- Fred - May the source be with you
