[CLUE-Tech] Mousing Around: gpm trouble, swap?

[Jed S. Baer]

On Thu, 02 May 2002 21:22:46 -0600
David Anselmi <anselmi at americanisp.net> wrote:

> "Jed S. Baer" wrote:
> 
> > Problem is, now, when I exit X, or switch to a different (non X)
> > console, gpm is wildly confused. It's as if having run X, the mouse
> 
> Well, I have heard of this.  One distro I used (LFS) didn't have any
> problem but I didn't go out of my way to make it work right.
> 
> IIRC the 'fix' is to stop gpm, start X, stop X, start gpm.  Something
> about the drivers not playing nice with each other.

Gaaack! Well, I guess considering how little time I spend in console mode,
I'll just live with it. I mean, what's a little more typing anyway. ;)

jed
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