[Gllug] Nothing Simple

[Wulf Forrester-Barker]

Roberto <rdamico at metascybe.co.uk> wrote:

> I also use a OmniCube KVM switch.
> I also had the same mouse problem, with the KWM switch
> and without.
>
> It was because gpm was running. I removed an entry from 
>a certain file (sh!t I can't remember which file)

As I recall, gpm is a service that is started during during bootup as a default on several of the Linux systems I have used. On the SuSE 7.0 sitting on the desk next to me, I could use the command 

/sbin/init.d/gpm stop

to manually stop the service before trying startx. If that worked, then I'd try to disable gpm from loading in the runlevel you are going to use X in.

Caveat: it was ages ago that I first found this out... having a quick scan through:

man gpm

suggests that

gpm -k

will kill it off for testing purposes.

Wulf




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