[PLUG] Mouse problems w/ XFree on Debian Laptop

[Ben Prew]

> > > 3.  I am assuming that X is turning off GPM... could this be a possible
> > > problem or conflict?
> >
> > Incorrect assumption, in this case, both gpm and the X-server are trying
> > to read from the same device at the same time.  The fix is easy, you
> > just need to set up the X-server to read from /dev/gpmdata instead of
> > /dev/psaux.  If you allowed debconf to handle your X-server
>
> I had the exact same problem when I switched my ancient Pentium laptop
> from RH 7.2 to the latest and greatest Debian. I believe I tried setting
> X to read from /dev/gpmdata without success. I solved the problem by
> eliminating gpm entirely. I don't seem to be missing it.

That appeared to be the problem, doing a gpm -k before starting X worked.
Although, I wasn't able to read from /dev/gpmdata even when gpm was running.  I
switched back to /dev/psaux and just kill gpm before starting X.

Thanks

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Ben
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bprew (at) logiccloud.com

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