Re: [XFree86] kvm switch causing mouse problems

2004-01-11 Thread jmw
solution i found was (as root): service gpm restart but this one isn't terribly convenient. -- jmw ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Belkin KVM switch and Gnome, console mouse service

2003-10-02 Thread jmw
Sep 2003, jmw wrote: Switching VTs and back should help. XFree86's mouse protocol parsing just doesn't seem to be smart enough to deal with this sort of thing. I'm not sure if this is the problem of the mouse protocol parsing. The mouse needs to send a mouse replug event

[XFree86] Belkin KVM switch and Gnome, console mouse service

2003-09-26 Thread jmw
suggested this is related to a mouse problem on earlier kernel versions, but the description of that does not appear to be the same. is there some other work-around for this? can anyone say whether this is a Gnome problem, GPM problem, or some other? -- jmw

Re: [XFree86] Belkin KVM switch and Gnome, console mouse service

2003-09-26 Thread jmw
At 21:55 26-09-03 -0400, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, jmw wrote: 2. if i use the KVM to switch from Linux to either of two other machines, then switch back to Linux, every movement of the mouse causes the cursor to jump randomly around the screen, mostly from a lower left

[XFree86] module GPM in RH9

2003-08-14 Thread jmw
i don't know whether this is the correct group, but decided to start here. i have RH9, kernel 2.4.20-19.9, latest Xfree86 (afik). mouse is PS/2, microsoft intellipoint, seems that it's correctly identified in the conf file. mouse controls are adjusted for maximum sensitivity. if i just boot

[XFree86] a follow-up to: module GPM in RH9

2003-08-09 Thread jmw
i just found this reference in an earlier mailing list dump. someone else had a similar problem with Belkin KVM and mouse response: If you are using XFree86 4.3 you may want to try Protocol auto Egbert. where, precisely, do i find or implement this Protocol AUTO in relation to GPM? thanks for

Re: [XFree86] display help

2003-06-20 Thread jmw
for what it's worth -- i don't agree at all. i have RH9 installed on Dell PW410, P1110 monitor and Radeon 9K card, i always log-in with Gnome. color, sharpness, et al, are all -much- better than Win2k, SP3. you may have some other system problem. At 16:56 20-06-2003 -0500, RB wrote: Hello,

Re: [XFree86] Linux 9 and video card

2003-06-10 Thread jmw
2003, jmw wrote: hi -- i successfully installed Linux 9 on my Dell Precision 410 WS, and it seems that everything works except Graphics mode. a copy of the log is attached. from that, it seems that Linux cannot recognize the card. Linux was installed on its own disk. am i reading