Barry Spindler on Sun, 9 Apr 2000 17:48:38 -0400 (EDT) |
No, you don't have to use gpm to use the mouse in X.. but the repeater option causes problems with X for some reason.. once it's disabled the mouse should work fine in X.. -- Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer. -- Swami X ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPG Fingerprint: 5475 C984 D870 4ACD 9799 1B69 DFCE 17CB 8257 38C3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Brent R. Matzelle wrote: > Am I forced to use gpm to use my mouse in X? I tried killing > gpm to see if it would work but no go. I tried using gpmconfig > already but I didn't know that the repeater option could cause a > problem. I'll try it again. > > --- Barry Spindler <archmage@i-o-r.net> wrote: > > If you have setup gpm to use the repeater option (-R) then it > > will cause > > problems with X.. you either have to disable repeating (by > > rerunning > > gpmconfig or editting /etc/gpm.conf) and then X should work > > fine.. > > Otherwise you can set X up to use /dev/gpmdata instead of the > > normal > > device and this should work too, but I remember there being > > problems with > > this.. > > Of course all of that assumed you have gpm installed too :) > > > > --Barry > > > > -- > > There was a young lady from Exeter, > > So pretty that men craned their necks at her. > > One was even so brave > > As to take out and wave > > The distinguishing mark of his sex at her. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > GPG Fingerprint: 5475 C984 D870 4ACD 9799 1B69 DFCE 17CB 8257 > > 38C3 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Brent R. Matzelle wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I installed Debian 2.1 with X and icewm but for some reason > > my > > > mouse will not respond. The mouse is an ordinary MS > > > Intellimouse (PS/2). I ran xf86config and specified both > > PS/2 > > > and Intellimouse, both to no effect. The mouse works great > > with > > > RedHat, Mandrake, and Corel (I am using the mouse with Corel > > > right now, in fact), so nothing is physically wrong with it. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Brent > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - > > http://plug.nothinbut.net > > > Announcements - > > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion - > > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - > > http://plug.nothinbut.net > > Announcements - > > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion - > > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net > Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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