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Hi

I have been running Linux for a while: first Slackware 3.0 and currently
RedHat 4.2. Whenever I run startx, X comes up, everything initializes,
but the mouse cursor will not move. About every 1/(alot) tries it does
start working correctly. If I kill gpm, the mouse cursor does move, but
the rest of X does not initialize i.e. black grid in background.

I have the problem under Slackware as well as  RedHat. My current X
Version is 3.3.1, upgraded from 3.2. I installed the patches available
from redhat's ftp site, no luck.

My hardware :
S3 Virge Video Card.
Microsoft Mouse
Epox Motherboard

I want to find out if this is a known problem, if not , where does one
start to look for possible causes ?

Thanks
Theunis de Jongh

 > Hi

 > I have been running Linux for a while: first Slackware 3.0 and currently
 > RedHat 4.2. Whenever I run startx, X comes up, everything initializes,
 > but the mouse cursor will not move. About every 1/(alot) tries it does
 > start working correctly. If I kill gpm, the mouse cursor does move, but
 > the rest of X does not initialize i.e. black grid in background.

Try looking at the gpm FAQ (this solved a similar problem I had with a PS/2
mouse):

Q: My mouse doesn't sense the middle button in X, while it works with
   gpm.

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A: Gpm uses a different decoder (see the previous two answers). You
   can use the `-R'' option to repeat mouse data to X (look at the man
   page).  However, as explained in the previous answer, this won't
   generate drag events for the middle button (i.e. motion while the
   button is down).

Adrian
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