jmw writes: > > thanks for the reply. i don't know, but suspect this MS PS/2 Intellimouse > is mostly passive -- no 'replug'. if there were such a command, i expect > it would be part of a driver that is in Win 2K (or other Windows O/S). and > that could explain why i don't see this problem in a windows environment. > if there is similar code in RH9, or XFree86, and it's disabled, it seems my > only choice is to restart GPM at each event (what i do now, anyway). Hm, gpm should not matter at all when you are under X. gpm should close its connection to the mouse while X is active. > > i want to try your suggestion, and i poked around in mouse preferences > and settings for RH9, but don't find anything like "auto" for protocol choice. > could you be more explicit? Use: Protocol "auto" instead of Protocol "ImPS/2" in the input device section for your mouse. Egbert. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86