Bug 128001

Summary: restarting console mouse services fails and stops mouse in X
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael>
Component: gpmAssignee: Eido Inoue <havill>
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Fixed In Version: 1.20.1-62 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Michael Schwendt 2004-07-16 10:16:08 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Fresh installation of FC3 Test1. Started system-config-mouse (1.2.7-1)
in X to enable 3-buttons for my serial mouse. Clicking "OK" gave the
following and disabled my mouse:

$ system-config-mouse 
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:83:
GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.mainloop is deprecated, use gtk.main instead
  self.warn(message, DeprecationWarning)
Shutting down console mouse services:                      [  OK  ]
Starting console mouse services:                           [  OK  ]
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:83:
GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.mainquit is deprecated, use gtk.main_quit
instead
  self.warn(message, DeprecationWarning)

I had to run "service gpm start" manually to get it going again. It's
reproducible in X with gpm alone as every 2nd run of "service gpm
restart" stops the mouse:

# service gpm restart
Shutting down console mouse services:                      [  OK  ]
Starting console mouse services:                           [  OK  ]
  ==> mouse doesn't work anymore
# service gpm restart
Shutting down console mouse services:                      [  OK  ]
Starting console mouse services:                           [  OK  ]
  ==> mouse works again
and so on.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gpm-1.20.1-50
Comment 1 Eido Inoue 2004-10-12 19:48:06 UTC 
this appears to have been fixed with the config/fallback changes in
55, 56, and 57
Comment 2 Michael Schwendt 2004-10-13 19:02:03 UTC 
Well, with 57 my mouse no longer works at all in X. Hence I reopen
this ticket until I learn more about why this is the case.

I see this during service gpm restart and at reboot:

Shutting down console mouse services:                      [  OK  ]
Starting console mouse services: inputattach: can't set line discipline
                                                           [  OK  ]
Downgraded to 54, and after the second service gpm restart my mouse in
X starting working again.

$ cat /etc/sysconfig/gpm 
# Additional options for gpm (e.g. acceleration), device
OPTIONS=""
DEVICE="/dev/input/mice"
MOUSETYPE="exps2"

$ cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse 
FULLNAME="Generic - 3 Button Mouse (serial)"
MOUSETYPE="Microsoft"
XEMU3="no"
XMOUSETYPE="Microsoft"
IMOUSETYPE="ms"
DEVICE=/dev/ttyS0
Comment 3 Eido Inoue 2004-10-19 20:58:18 UTC 
The older versions were overriding the MOUSETYPE to exps2 (which is
universal for everything in 2.6 except for serial mice).

Release -62 shouldn't mess with the DEVICE or the MOUSETYPE if they've
already been set in /etc/sysconfig/mouse, so this should be fixed now.
Comment 4 Michael Schwendt 2004-10-20 16:00:40 UTC 
Can't confirm. Upgraded to 

$ rpm -q gpm
gpm-1.20.1-62

while being within X, and my mouse stopped working. I then switched to
virtual console to run "service gpm restart", and the mouse in X
stayed dead.

As a work-around I downgraded to 54 again, stopped gpm before
upgrading it to 62. Now I'm back at the original bug report. Every
second "service gpm restart" causes a non-working mouse in X.