[ltp] Trackpoint going haywire under 2.6

T D linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:09:24 -0800 (PST)


Hey Tony,

    Thanks, I will definitely try that. Thanks for 
the advice.

-Tino

--- Tony Whitmore <tonywhitmore@users.sourceforge.net>
wrote:
> T D wrote:
> > Hi David,
> > 
> >    That is a yes for the /etc/X11XF86Config (no,
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4). Also gpm is running
> > root      1285  0.0  0.1  1416  436 ?        S   
> > 06:42   0:00 gpm -t ps/2 -m /dev/psaux
> > 
> >    Any help?
> > 
> > -Tino
> 
> I think what David was getting at was that gpm will
> interfere with the X 
> pointer. Unless you are using the mouse on the
> console, your best bet 
> might be to disable gpm or uninstall it.
> Alternatively, you can 
> configure X to use gpm as its source for mouse
> movements, which requires 
>   a few changes to XF86Config. A quick Google will
> find these for you,
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Tony
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