[Techtalk] Mouse makes keyboard disappear
Brenda Bell
k15a-list-linuxchix at theotherbell.com
Sun Feb 16 21:48:35 EST 2003
Quoting Brenda Bell <k15a-list-linuxchix at theotherbell.com>:
> I just did a clean install of Mandrake 8.2 on a box where I've
> successfully run Mandrake in the past. Everything works great
> until I
> touch the mouse. As soon as I move the mouse, the keyboard goes
> dead.
> Both are PS2. Note that this happens from run level 3 before I
> launch X. The only hardware changes are increased memory (512Mb)
> and
> a larger hard drive (80Gb).
>
> Any ideas as to how I can fix this (or troubleshoot the problem)
> would
> be greatly appreciated.
Problem solved. Don't know why but gpm was installed and started.
Killing it solved the problem.
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Brenda
http://opensource.theotherbell.com
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