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hello,
installed Slackware11, after boot I see login prompt
I type username, password and log in...
there is a white square in the top-right corner of tty
( think it is mouse )
when i move mouse in any direction the white square stays where it is -
interesting thing is that top line gets executed...
in "X" mouse is working
and "gpm" is running:
root 2276 0.0 0.1 1536 532 ? Ss 22:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps2
in "X" mouse is working
and "gpm" is running:
root 2276 0.0 0.1 1536 532 ? Ss 22:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps2
Under slackware, /dev/mouse a soft link to the actual device. See what that is pointing to. Do an ls -l on /dev/mouse, then do the same on the device that that points to. On my ancient Slackware 8 machine, it looks like this:
$ ls -l /dev/mouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 29 2000 /dev/mouse -> psaux
$ ls -l /dev/psaux
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 1 Jul 17 1994 /dev/psaux
I'm not sure exactly where you would go from there, but it should tell you something if that link is broken.
@pdw_hu
i run
/usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2
O0o.oops(): [server_tools.c(84)]: mouse initialization failed
less /var/log/syslog:
Quote:
Feb 19 01:15:58 pine /usr/sbin/gpm[2512]: *** err [mice.c(1742)]:
Feb 19 01:15:58 pine /usr/sbin/gpm[2512]: imps2: PS/2 mouse failed init
Feb 19 01:15:58 pine /usr/sbin/gpm[2512]: O0o.oops(): [server_tools.c(84)]:
Feb 19 01:15:58 pine /usr/sbin/gpm[2512]: mouse initialization failed
File: gpm.info, Node: Bugs and Problems, Next: Mouse Types, Prev: Command Line, Up: Server Invocation
2.3 Bugs and Problems
=====================
The `gpm' server may have problems interacting with X: if your mouse is
a single-open device (i.e. a bus mouse), you should kill `gpm' before
starting X, or use the `-R' option (see above). To kill `gpm' just
invoke `gpm -k'. This problem doesn't apply to serial mice.
Two instances of gpm can't run on the same system. If you have two
mice use the `-M' option (see above).
While the current console is in graphic mode, `gpm' sleeps until
text mode is back (unless `-R' is used). Thus, it won't reply to
clients. Anyways, it is unlikely that mouse-eager clients will spur out
in hidden consoles.
The clients shipped out with gpm are not updated, thus there are
potential security risks when using them.
any1 seen gpm act like I described in above posts??
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