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To: Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com>
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From: Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net>
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Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com> writes:

> I tried building 20.3b14 w gpm support on linux (after building
> gpm-1.12).  What do you have to do to use this support in xemacs?
> 
> I fooled around a little with it.  All I could manage to get it to do
> was crash my X server (it would get into a mode where the X server
> would crash and restart about once every second).

You should have a file in ~ called .xsession-errors, and/or a file in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm called xdm-errors. Thereby you can see what is
hurting.

For the particular problem you name, I'd suspect

       -R     Causes gpm to act as a  repeater:  any  mouse  data
              received  while in graphic mode will be produced on
              the fifo  /dev/gpmdata  in  mouse-system  protocol.
              This  means  that you can configure the X server to
              use that fifo as a mouse  device.  This  option  is
              useful for bus-mouse owners to override the single-
              open limitation. It is also an easy way  to  manage
              those stupid dual-mode mice which force you to keep
              the middle button down while changing  video  mode.
              The option is forced on by the -M option.

-- 
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