john> It seems that when I swap to the console, X closes
john> /dev/mouse and gpm opens it. Occasionally it seems that gpm
john> hangs while accessing /dev/mouse and will not let go until
john> it is killed. If I'm swapping from the console to X, the
john> reverse happens and occasionally X gets locked up on
john> accessing /dev/mouse, and won't let go until I briefly run
john> the second copy of X which then grabs and releases the
john> mouse. I've stopped using gpm, and so far I've not lost the
john> keyboard and mouse switching to a console from X (however, I
john> still occasionally lose it going into X).
Use the gpm -R parameter (ie set it up as a repeater), and tell X to
use /dev/gpmdata.
FYI, your message is really off-topic here I think...
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