Re: [TCLUG:1567] X dies with Ctrl-Alt-F2

[Scot Jenkins <swjenkins@ibm.net>]

Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Scot Jenkins wrote:
> 
> > don't run gpm when you boot up.  when you switch to text mode, gpm has
> > control of the mouse. if you're using the mouse (even if you bump it)
> > when switching back to X, X will die.
> 
> Yeah, this is most likely the problem; I've heard of it before. Thing is,
> which is weird, some people have trouble with it and some don't -- I used
> to run both X and gpm with no problems on the same hardware. The world may
> never know...
> 

Actually I run both and have just trained myself that when I switch from
X to a text console and back to leave the mouse alone for a second or so
and all is ok.

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