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Title: GPM operating together with XDM

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GPM operating together with XDM

Applicable to
S.u.S.E. version: from 4.3 on

Symptom:

GPM (mouse support) is not activated at runlevel 3.

Cause:

Bus mouses can cause problems when simultaneously running X and gpm. This is why gpm is not activated by default in runlevel 3.

Solution:

The following instructions must be executed as root. Due to this, be extremely careful!

There is a simple solution for this problem! One calls gpm with the parameter -R (added to /etc/rc.config at GPM_PARAM), which works like a repeater (see man gpm). According to this in /etc/XF86Config the mouse is addressed as follows:

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "MouseSystems"
    Device      "/dev/gpmdata"
It is still necessary to configure two links for the automatic start of gpm in runlevel 3:
cd /sbin/init.d/rc3.d
ln -s ../gpm S20gpm
ln -s ../gpm K20gpm
You can test it by changing into runlevel 3. Enter the command init 3 and - after the X server has started - switch back to the text console and check whether the mouse works.
Afterwards you can switch back to runlevel 2 by entering init 2 (from console).

Please read Chapter 11, "The S.u.S.E. boot concept" in the manual for further information.

Analogue, you can integrate other programs (daemons) to startup. Doing this they are automatically executed at the computer's start. Be aware that you change really system relevant data!

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Keywords: GPM, XDM

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