[buug] Mouse not reacting in Linux upgrade

Zeke Krahlin ezekielk at netzero.net
Fri Mar 17 16:40:54 PST 2000


Rick Moen wrote:
> 
> Quoting Zeke Krahlin (ezekielk at netzero.net):
> 
> > Okay, my mouse is now working just fine. Don't know what the
> > problem was, in the first place...but it worked after re-booting
> > Linux. (How ironic.)
> 
> Usually, it's something like having launched gpm (the general-purpose
> mouse driver, which is for console mode) in a manner that then conflicts
> with X.  Maybe, your reboot allowed you to enter X without gpm running.

That makes sense.

> Many problems can be solved by looking at the process table (the "ps"
> and "top" commands).

I see. I will keep that in mind, for any future problems. Thanx!


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