Description of problem: I try to set up 3 mice with gpm , but is does not work : root# gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux -M -t imps2 -m /dev/input/mice -M -t msc - m /dev/ttyS1 gpm-Linux 1.19.3, $Date: 2000/01/17 22:23:03 $ Error in the acceleration specification. Try "gpm -h". Each of the mouse works on its own. They also work in combinations of two. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gpm-1.19.3-27 on a RHL 9 system How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: see above Actual results: the error message above and no 3 mouse functionality Expected results: no error, 3 mice operation working
does gpm 1.20 work (the one in rawhide)?
No. [root@slave6 root]# gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -M -m /dev/ttyS1 -t msc -M - m /dev/ttyS0 -t msc *** err [gpn.c(141)]: Error in the acceleration specification. Try "gpm -h". [root@slave6 root]# rpm -q gpm gpm-1.20.1-36 It complains about some acceleration settings, so maybe it is wrongly interpreting the command line ? The format of the error message is not very user friendly either ( but it is developer friendly :-)
gpm-1.20.1-38 on fedora core 1 : # gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -M -m /dev/ttyS1 -t msc -M -m /dev/ttyS0 -t msc *** err [gpn.c(141)]: Error in the acceleration specification. Try "gpm -h". Then page suggest that only two mice are supported, quote : -M Enable multiple mode. The daemon will read two different mouse devices.
You said it yourself, only two devices supported according to the man page. If you need three mice support you'ld best ask upstream.