Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
Hi again, On 22/4/22 0:21, aitor wrote: For sure the login prompts of tty2, tty3... brung up by holding down the Ctrl+Alt keys, and pressing one of the function keys F2, F3... In debian the first six virtual TTYs (tty1, tty2,... tty6) are non-graphical, according to the configuration in /etc/inittab. Quoted verbatim: # Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System, # so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X. # 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty --noclear 38400 tty1 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
Hi Fred, On 21/4/22 23:39, Fred wrote: I don't understand what you mean by virtual terminal. For sure the login prompts of tty2, tty3... brung up by holding down the Ctrl+Alt keys, and pressing one of the function keys F2, F3... Cheers, Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
On 4/21/22 13:09, Florian Zieboll wrote: On April 21, 2022 9:28:16 PM GMT+02:00, wrote: Hi, If I install gpm or consolation won't that conflict with whatever driver is already installed? gpm (and I suppose also consolation) is active only on the console, not in virtual terminals - so there's no conflict. Libre Grüße, Florian I don't understand what you mean by virtual terminal. I don't use a DE, just openbox. I may have two xterms open, nedit, tuxcmd plus some other program. The mouse will work in any of these and its input would come from one place, presumably the mouse driver. If I install gpm (or consolation) what decides where the mouse input is coming from? It appears to me that the default driver needs to be stopped but I don't know what it is called. Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
On April 21, 2022 9:28:16 PM GMT+02:00, wrote: > Hi, > > If I install gpm or consolation won't that conflict with whatever driver > is already installed? gpm (and I suppose also consolation) is active only on the console, not in virtual terminals - so there's no conflict. Libre Grüße, Florian -- [message sent otg] ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
Hi, If I install gpm or consolation won't that conflict with whatever driver is already installed? The gpm man page says it is not allowed to have two instances of gpm running at the same time and there is an option to kill the previous instance. Best regards, Fred On 4/21/22 11:50, Daniel Abrecht via Dng wrote: An alternative to "gpm" would be "consolation". It's based on "libinput". I've never tried serial mice, but you can probably install & start "inputattach", and then "consolation" should probably pick it up if it's installed. inputattach should also work with other things such as X11 and Wayland. Regards, Daniel Abrecht ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
An alternative to "gpm" would be "consolation". It's based on "libinput". I've never tried serial mice, but you can probably install & start "inputattach", and then "consolation" should probably pick it up if it's installed. inputattach should also work with other things such as X11 and Wayland. Regards, Daniel Abrecht ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 09:07:20AM -0700, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > What program is used as mouse driver on Beowulf and Chimaera? Gpm was > previously used but it is not installed now. I need to work with a > nonstandard serial three button mouse without scroll wheel. It needs a baud > rate specification and gpm has an option for this. I know that gpm works > with this mouse. > Hi, gpm package is available in beowulf and chimaera repos. $ apt-cache madison gpm gpm | 1.20.7-8 | http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera/main amd64 Packages gpm | 1.20.7-5 | http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main amd64 Packages -- gast0n ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] mouse driver question
On April 21, 2022 6:07:20 PM GMT+02:00, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > What program is used as mouse driver on Beowulf and Chimaera? Gpm was > previously used but it is not installed now. I need to work with a > nonstandard serial three button mouse without scroll wheel. It needs a > baud rate specification and gpm has an option for this. I know that gpm > works with this mouse. I have gpm running on chimaera, so it should be in the repository. Besides that, 'consolation' had been mentioned on this list as a successor of gpm, but I have not tried it yet. Libre Grüße, Florian -- [message sent otg] ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] mouse driver question
Hello, What program is used as mouse driver on Beowulf and Chimaera? Gpm was previously used but it is not installed now. I need to work with a nonstandard serial three button mouse without scroll wheel. It needs a baud rate specification and gpm has an option for this. I know that gpm works with this mouse. Best regards, Fred ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
