[KLUG Members] Help! mouse problems!

[Peter Buxton]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 06:13:15PM -0800, adam was only 
   escaped alone to tell thee:

> My linux box suddenly does not like it's mouse.  It boots fine, etc, runs,
> but when gpm starts, it evidently intercepts all the keyboard input, as well
> as mouse input, and ignores it.  So, when gpm starts, I can no longer type
> on the keyboard.  or move the mouse, for that matter. What does this mean?
> If I type a lot of gobbledygook on the keyboard when gpm ius running, it
> doesn't appear, but as soon as you kill it, the text shows up on the screen.
> This is annoying, esp. since the ethernet card wasn't working earlier
> either.

What kind of mouse is it? Serial, PS/2, USB? Is gpm set to repeating mode
(passing mouse data on to the X server)? I have had no luck with gpm repeat
and always turn it off.

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