Re: 1. Where is xpmroot? 2. gpm and XFree86 problem

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From: Rainer Scholz
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00

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Yakko J. Warner (okkay@elfie.cris.com) wrote:
: 
: actually, in my experience, if you have a PS/2-type mouse, you _have_ to
: disable gpm.. gpm works fine in conjunction with X on my home system, which
: has serial mouse in MS mode.
: 
Wrong.


/etc/rc.d/rc.local
-------------><---------------
# Running gpm
echo "Running gpm..."
/usr/local/bin/gpm -R -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux &
-------------><---------------


/etc/XF86Config
-------------><---------------
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "MouseSystems"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
#   Protocol    "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice
#   BaudRate    9600
#   SampleRate  150

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
#   Emulate3Buttons

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
#   ChordMiddle

EndSection
-------------><---------------


-------------><---------------
startrek:/dev# ls -l mouse gpmdata psaux
prw-rw-rw-   1 root     root            0 May  7 18:52 /dev/gpmdata|
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            7 May  7 18:51 /dev/mouse -> gpmdata|
crw-r--r--   1 root     sys       10,   1 Jul 18  1994 /dev/psaux
-------------><---------------


The gpmdata pipe prevents the X server from locking up (eg. black screen
after switching back from a console).

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From: jrs@startrek.franken.de (Rainer Scholz)
Subject: Re: 1. Where is xpmroot?  2. gpm and XFree86 problem
Date: 1996/05/21
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