nanogui@linuxhacker.org

: > I have a similar question along these lines. I figured out how to do
: > the "gpm -R" trick to get the mouse working. But that causes real big
: > problems for X windows on my machine. If I start up gpm with the -R
: > option upon bootup, it seems that my mouse doesn't work at all in X.
: > If I restart gpm after X is running everything is fine until after I
: > run my SVGA microwindows application in virtual terminal 1. AFter I
: > quit the microwindows application and go back to virtual terminal 7
: > the mouse in X gets very confused. It's very hyperactive for a few
: > minutes then both the mouse and keyboard hang on me.
: >
: > Does anybody have any secrets to getting "gpm -R" working nicely with
: > X.

At this point, I always run "gpm -k" to kill gpm before ALT-Fn switching
to X, and then running "mouse.sh" (gpm -R -t ps2) when returning...

Regards,

Greg