[ltp] Thinkpad T20 Keyboard / Mouse Problem

[Chris Goodfellow]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  If any of them produce any 
results, I will let everyone know.

Regards

Chris Goodfellow

Mike wrote:

> 
> 
> Ben Snyder wrote:
> 
>> dunno if his helps, but do you run gpm?  my thinkpad freaked periodically
>> until i shut down gpm.  even in x windows it didn't work right
>> 
> 
> Yeah, ditto.
> 
> If you're using gpm and not piping the mouse data through /dev/gpmdata 
> and then using /dev/gpmdata as the mouse device in X, the mouse will 
> stop working after a while in X. Switching out to a text VT or telneting 
> in and stopping gpm fixes the problem.
> 
> Note that's _gpm_, the text-console mouse deamon, not _gdm_, the Gnome 
> Display Manager. I always need to think for a second when I see either.. 8)
> 
> Mike.


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Chris Goodfellow
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