[FoLUG] Incompatibilità tra gpm ed xfree : soluzione

[Enrico Placci]

L'ho trovata per caso(infatti ormai mi ero rassegnato a non usare X e gpm 
insieme) nel
sample dello script di avvio di gpm della Slackware.
# There is another way to run GPM, where it acts as a repeater outputting a
# virtual MouseSystems mouse on /dev/gpmdata.  This is useful for feeding
# gpm's data to X, especially if you've got a busmouse (in that situation X
# and gpm may not coexist without using a repeater).  To try running a GPM
# repeater for X, change the gpm command line to look like this:
# /usr/sbin/gpm -R msc -m /dev/mouse -t imps2
# Then, make sure that the mouse configuration in your XF86Config file refers
# to the repeater device (/dev/gpmdata) and a MouseSystems mouse type.  If you
# edit the file directly, you'll want the lines to look like this (minus the
# comment marks '#' shown here, of course):
#Section "Pointer"
#    Protocol    "MouseSystems"
#    Device      "/dev/gpmdata"

Ho riportato il file originale, in fondo è sbagliato, bisogna scrivere

Section "Pointer"
         Option  "Protocol"      "MouseSystems"
         Option  "Device"        "/dev/gpmdata"

Spero possa essere utile a qualcun altro!

Enrico