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Derek Fountain
<derekfountain at ya To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
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Subject: Re: [plug] GPM on SuSE 8.1
21/02/2003 01:24
PM
Please respond to
plug
>On Friday 21 February 2003 12:37, Richard Meyer wrote:
>> I recently installed SuSE 8.1, and I can't get GPM working. I've read
the
>> man files, and checked out what the other distros use to get PGM going,
but
>> unfortunately nothing seems to work. GPM says that it's started, and a
ps
>> shows gpm running, but I can't cut-and-past.
>Is it just cut and paste which doesn't work? Do you at least get a cursor
>buzzing around the screen when you move the rodent? Do you have X running
at
>the same time?
Nope, the desk rodent leaves no markings on the screen at all. Moving the
mouse is wrist exercise only. X is not started yet.
RichardM