[techtalk] PS2 Mouse and RH6.1 - almost solved

[Lyta Alexander]

looks like /etc/rc.d/inet.d/gpm calls /etc/sysconfig/mouse to determine
the mouse type


On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Michelle Leonard wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:08:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michelle Leonard <michelle_leonard at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] PS2 Mouse and RH6.1 - almost solved
> 
> Thanks Kir!
> 
> Mouse was misbehaving in both console and X
> 
> The ps command returns
> 	gpm -t imps
> which is not right, since I switched to a generic ps2
> mouse.  So after reviewing gpm manpage, ran
> 	killall gpm
> 	gpm -t ps2
> Now mouse works in both console and X (Yay!)
> 
> My question now, is where do you specify the gpm
> options at boottime, instead of having to run
> manually...
> 
> I see there is a /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm,
> but I can't figure out where to set the options for
> it.
> 
> A fresh install on my home machine with a logitech ps2
> mouse worked fine - so I'm assuming the MS mouse is
> the problem, even with gpm set to "gpm -t imps" 
> 
> Michelle
> 
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