[PLUG] Mouse problems w/ XFree on Debian Laptop

[Derek Loree]

On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 09:47, Kyle Accardi wrote:
> Benjamin Prew wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 14:55, Derek Loree wrote:
> > 
> >>>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.
> >>
> >>This is probably due to the repeat protocol that you chose for the gpm
> >>configuration.  Try setting it to "raw", that usually works with well
> >>behaved mice.  BTW, the "proper" (debian) way to stop the gpm server is
> >>to do a "/etc/init.d/gpm stop", and a "/etc/init.d/gpm start" to get it
> >>going again (in case something else needs to be done as well).
> > 
> > 
> > Cool, changing the repeat to raw fixed it.  Hehe, I wondered about the
> > "proper" (debian) way :).
> 
> 
> Darn, I thought this would work for me.  When my Toshiba laptop with 
> external ps/2 mouse attached first comes up in X, the mouse moves erractly. 
>   Replugging the mouse fixes it.
> 
> I edited /etc/sysconfig/gpm and added OPTIONS="-R raw"
> is that the right place?  Actually, now that I look at it, I must have 
> disabled gpm from starting up during previous troubleshooting.

I just run the gmpconfig utility, it allows for immediate testing (run
it from a console, check the mouse behavior in the console, then switch
to the x-server and test mouse behavior there), and restarts the gpm
server when it is done.
> 
> While I wrote this, the mouse started working all by itself, but the 
> "eraser" mouse is ignored...oh well, looks like a Toshiba thing.

Doing a "/etc/init.d/gpm restart" might be enough to get the mouse
change to take.

Derek