[NBLUG/talk] Lost my mouse!

[Mark Street]

That would be redhat-config-mouse in RH9 .... damn gui tools....

and  

service gpm restart 

from a root shell.

gpm is for console mouse services, X does not depend on gpm for mouse 
services.

On Saturday 13 September 2003 12:20, Todd Cary wrote:
> <<<
> mouse-config from the command line, restart the gpm service and restart X
>
> Could you give me the syntax?
>
> Todd
>
> Warren Raquel wrote:
> > Perhaps run mouse-config from the command line, restart the gpm
> > service and restart X. Works fer me.
> >
> > Todd Cary wrote:
> >> Well, I solved the problem by disconnecting my mouse, rebooting and
> >> connecting the mouse - relying on the hardware detect facility.
> >> However, I would still like to know how to have done this manually
> >> since I do not like to rely on "automatic" procedures...they can fail...
> >>

> >> Todd Cary wrote:
> >>> I lost my mouse (cat cannot even find it!)....
> >>>
> >>> After running up2date on my RH 9 system and doing a reboot to
> >>> install the new kernel, the mouse no longer appears - just my KDE
> >>> GUI....
> >>>
> >>> So my Linux 1A question is  "how do I tell the system that I have a
> >>> nice serial mouse connected?".
> >>>
> >>> In trying certain keystrokes, I "remembered" that Ctrl-Alt F1 gets
> >>> me a terminal screen....now what?
> >>>
> >>> Todd

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