Mouse problems

[Stoffel]

Salut,
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 02:10:40PM -0600, marciot wrote:
> I don't know if the following applies to you, nor do I know if MOL depends on 
> "gdm", but the symptoms are something I've seen before outside of MOL. But 
> here is something to try:
> 
> See if the mouse work ok under the console in other programs. For example, try 
> this:
> 
>    1) Switch to a virtual console (Cntl-Alt-F5)
>    2) Run "emacs"
>    3) See how the mouse behaves
>    4) Quit emacs (Cntl-X Cntl-C)
>    5) Return to X (Cntl-Alt-F7)
> 
> The purpose of this experiment is to see whether the mouse operates correctly 
> under "emacs" when in console mode. If it does not, then the particular 
> problem you are having is a common one (in fact, it happens on the Linux box I 
> am sitting right now) that has nothing to do with MOL. It has to do with the 
> console mouse driver (gdm) and an incompatibility with PS/2 mice.
You certainly mean gpm. 
> 
> Do a "man gdm". If I recall correctly, it has work around for this problem. 
> Once you get it fixed and the above experiment works, then I imagine it would 
> work under MOL too.
First try to start mol from the console without gpm running. 
> 
> Marcio Luis Teixeira
jops,
	Stoffel.
> 
> 
> 
> >===== Original Message From mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org =====
> >Hello all,
> >
> >Was wondering if anyone had any problems getting the mouse to work correctly
> >when booting MOL from a prompt, rather than in X-windows.  The mouse works
> >fine in X-windows, but will only move up and right when booted from a
> >prompt.
> >
> >I'm trying to remove the overhead from X-windows.
> >
> >I am using a PS/2 mouse on YDL 2.2, MOL ver 0.9.64-2, MACOS 9.2, kernel
> >2.4.19-rc4.
> >
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