Re: mouse does not work anymore using same xconfig after reinstall ???

[ulrike@example.com]

>There is a typical problem where X and GPM argue about who owns the
>mouse, and GPM usually wins.

Yes, I killed GPM and the mouse works fine now!

>What is supposed to work and mostly does is to point GPM at the mouse
>(typically /dev/mouse or /dev/psaux), and to tell X that the mouse is
>at /dev/gpmdata.  /dev/gpmdata is simply GPM echoing all mouse data as
>is.  But this means that X will not work unless GPM is running AFAIK.

I tried this as well, but the mouse showed very strange behavior.

I can live without GPM. Thanks a lot!

Uli