[ale] offtopic: Q2-Mouse: First you have it, then you don't

[nomad at orci.com (Nomad the Wanderer)]

Turning off GPM seems to have solved the problem.  It's really dark 
though so I'll have to play with gamma and friends.

You know the name/location of the gamespy tool for Linux?

Thanks,
Robert

Thus spake Nomad the Wanderer (nomad at orci.com):

>   Some people consider Q2 problems off-topic so I just throw up the
> warning...
> 
>   It's a serial.  Gpm does work with X and console at this  time,
> but in a few mins I'll try and kill gpm and run it.
> 
> Thus spake ari (myo at thy.dyn.ml.org):
> 
> > It's about linux.  STOP CALLING IT OFF-TOPIC!@#
> > 
> > ok, that said...
> > 
> > i haven't played quake much, but first things first...
> > 
> > is it a ps/2 mouse or a serial?
> > 
> > I'm assuming you're running this from the console.  try killing gpm before
> > running quake.  some ps/2 mice won't work with X servers if gpm is also
> > running.
> > 
> > on another terminal, while playing, cat /proc/interrupts.  irq's are on the
> > left, traffic is in the middle, and the device name is on the right.  a
> > serial device name will be different from the ps/2 device name, of course.
> > make sure you don't have any conflicts (i.e. 2 devices with the same irq).  if
> > all is good, switch to the quake terminal, and move the mouse around.  don't
> > touch the mouse while not on the quake screen.  switch back to the terminal,
> > and cat /proc/interrupts again.  the traffic meter in the middle should have
> > increased.
> > 
> > try those, for some problem solving suggestions...
> > 
> > ari
> > 
> > 
> > Nomad the Wanderer (nomad at orci.com) said this stuff:
> > 
> > > OK,
> > >   I'm hoping someone here will have a fix or atleast be able to tell me
> > > what's broken.
> > > 
> > >   Quake2 in standard soft mode, I have mouse control.  If I either start
> > > GL mode, or switch to GL mode, the mouse ceases to be useful.  It is 
> > > completely missing.  If I switch back to "soft" mode I get mouse back.
> > > 
> > >   I have mouse with gpm of course.  Anyone got any ideas?
> > > 
> > > Robert
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> > > Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
> > >   at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> > > 
> > > http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> > > 
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > 
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
>   at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> 
> http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> 
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> 
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
  at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???

http://www.orci.com/~nomad

DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.

FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'