Re: [TCLUG:22767] Dead mouse

[Jacqueline Urick <jacque@fruitioninc.com>]

I had a similar problem on my potato box...the only way I could get around it
was to keep gpm installed but have the process stopped after booting and before
botting into X.
I don't know if anyone has a better solution..

~jacque

Jon Erickson wrote:

> I was using dselect the other day on my Debian potato box and accidentally
> removed the gpm package (lame, I know).  Now my mouse doesn't work and I'm
> screwed cause it boots into X on startup.  I booted into single user mode
> and re-installed gpm.  The mouse functions properly when at the command line
> but as soon as I boot into X, the mouse won't work anymore.  I'm not
> familiar with the mouse or X windows configuration files yet.  Anyone have
> some suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
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