Re: /dev/mouse under Linux on Thinkpad 760CD

From: Hanno Wagner (wagner_at_bidnix.bid.fh-hannover.de)
Date: Sun May 26 1996 - 08:27:08 EDT

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Hi!

On Fri, 24 May 1996, John H. Kim wrote:

> The usual cause is gpm running (console-mode mouse). X and gpm can't
> share a PS/2 mouse, so one interferes with the other. Login as root and
> kill gpm.

That's not quite right. With 1.2.xx-kernels gpm and X doesn't
want to work together. But with kernels >1.3.89 these programs
work perfectly in the same time.

Ciao, Hanno

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