On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 14:41, Levi Bard wrote:
> OK, here's the deal as I remember it (I just use [aex]term now, rather
> than console). /dev/psaux is the "real" device for a mouse on the ps2
> mouse port. Once you use gpm, however, it interferes with the raw data
> from /dev/psaux, so that if you set another program, X for example, to
> read from /dev/psaux while gpm is running, the second program will get bad
> data, and it will work incorrectly. Now, gpm echoes "good" data on
> /dev/gpmdata, so that gpm and another program (X) can both use input from
> the mouse. So, Debian sets gpm to read from /dev/psaux, then links
> /dev/mouse to /dev/gpmdata so that X will still work without a rewrite of
> your XF86Config(assuming you used the default device of /dev/mouse, rather
> than the raw /dev/psaux).
>
> Levi
what is [aex]term?
I've changed /etc/gpm.conf to point to /dev/mouse instead of /dev/psaux
as it was originally, but it's still not working in console mode, just
when X is running.
Mike M.
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