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

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Michelle Leonard wrote:

> Thanks Kir!

You are welcome!

> 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...

Well, if you're running RedHat, mouse type is located in
/etc/sysconfig/mouse file, and you can either edit it manually or run

  # setup

or

  # mouseconfig

while logged in as root in text mode.

> I see there is a /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm,
> but I can't figure out where to set the options for
> it.

If you read this file you can see line like

  MOUSECFG=/etc/sysconfig/mouse
and follow it. That's what I did to find the information described
above.

> 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"

Yes, maybe gpm is wrong with imps. Try to find gpm homepage (maybe using
freshmeat.net) and read what do they tell about imps mouse.

PS Linux makes us think deep, and that's great!

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