[Pkg-gpm-devel] Bug#301897: kernel 2.6.11: gpm stops working after a while

[Ricardo Javier Cardenes Medina]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:14:42PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote:
> 
> With kernel 2.6 and /dev/input/mice, you don't really need the gpm
> repeater.  The kernel should have no problems handling multiple clients
> that all want the same mouse.  You might try pointing X at
> /dev/input/mice directly (Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" in
> XF86Config-4), and disabling the gpm repeater, to see if that helps.

I don't believe it would help. It happens even without X running.