Hi, The following patch (against gpm version 1.20.4-6.1) solved the second issue for me (gpm restart and gpm_has_mouse_control giving an error).
I hope it will help. Regards, JH Chatenet diff -Naur a/DEBIAN/postinst b/DEBIAN/postinst --- a/DEBIAN/postinst 2014-11-13 20:28:55.000000000 +0100 +++ b/DEBIAN/postinst 2014-11-13 20:40:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ update-rc.d gpm defaults >/dev/null -db_get gpm/restart -if [ "$RET" = true ] || /usr/lib/gpm/gpm_has_mouse_control; then +if ! ischroot; then + db_get gpm/restart + if [ "$RET" = true ] || /usr/lib/gpm/gpm_has_mouse_control; then # Note, yes, this is restart, its ment to be.. - invoke-rc.d gpm restart + invoke-rc.d gpm restart + fi fi db_stop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org