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klao8
11-09-2003, 11:40 AM
I have a question, when i type ps ax | grep gpm in a terminal and it replies with:

2442 pts/1 S 0:00 grep gpm

Does that mean the gpm service is turned off? I thought I turned it off using redhats service configuration program it comes with, but it looks like it might be on.

Anyway my mouse is acting ridiculous. nothing i do works.
i have a PS/2 wheel mouse. The only thing i can think of is gpm really isnt turned off. I turned off kudzu also. I have XFree86 4.2.0

Heres from the XF86 config file:

Identifier "mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate 3 Buttons" no

There wouldnt be a situation where I HAD to use gpm to get the mouse to work properly in a regular situation would there? Like for browsing and playing games in X.
Hayl
11-09-2003, 11:48 AM
if it (gpm) is listed in ps then it is running.

kill it and see if the mouse problem goes away.
Shep
11-09-2003, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by klao8
i have a question, when i type ps ax | grep gpm in a terminal and it replies with:

2442 pts/1 S 0:00 grep gpm

Does that mean the gpm service is turned off? I thought I turned it off using redhats service configuration program it comes with, but it looks like it might be on ^.

Anyway my mouse is acting ridiculous. nothing i do works.
i have a PS/2 wheel mouse. The only thing i can think of is gpm really isnt turned off. I turned off kudzu also. I have XFree86 4.2.0

heres from the XF86 config file:

Identifier "mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate 3 Buttons" no

There wouldnt be a situation where I HAD to use gpm to get the mouse to work properly in a regular situation wold there? Like for browsing and playing games in X.

the reason that is shows up as grep gpm, is because when you used grep to filter it, that itself is a process.
Shep
11-09-2003, 12:33 PM
Originally posted by Hayl
if it (gpm) is listed in ps then it is running.

kill it and see if the mouse problem goes away.

I have a feeling that killing grep won't solve the problem;)