nanogui: Gpm problems
Subject:
RE: Gpm problems
From:
"Gray, Tim" ####@####.####
Date:
4 May 2001 19:11:05 -0000
Message-Id: <FDEAFB323166D311BF6A00805F954F1E018BEC3C@rosetti.tci.com>
Ok, to describe better ..
if I issue the command gpm -R -t ps2 it acts like it worked, but issuing a
ps ax command shows that it is not running (along with the fact that no
mouse control is available) so GPM decided to die silently.
Actually I have discovered that this happens 20 minutes ago with the 2.4.2
kernel only.. I am wondering if the 2.4.2+ series of kernel has ps2 mouse
support broken...
But it get's stranger....
If I start GPM in the following manner...
gpm -D -R -t ps2 &
it works perfectly. (except for the fact that I am running in debug mode)
This one has me stumped, i need the 2.4 series kernel (2.4.2 or higher
specifically) for hardware support.
Have I made this any clearer?
thanks.
>
> gpm will not stay running as a daemon.
>>Sorry, what does that mean? Could you please be more detailed in the
symptoms
>>and possibly support your description with an "strace" of the run
(possibly
>>offlist if long)?
> if I start it like this...
>
> gpm -D -R -t ps2& it runs fine. but starting it that way in my rc.d
> scripts will not work,
>>Since with -D it doesn't demonize, you must add an "&" at the end in
>>order to run it in the background. I don't if this is the problem, though.
> anyone have an idea why?
>>Not at all, but knowing more information may be useful:
- what is the target platform and the host platform (uname -a) ?
- what version is gpm on both platforms (gpm -v) ?
- what are the exact symptoms of "non-working", with and w/o "-D" ?
/alessandro, no-more-maintainer of gpm
