[SOLVED] Failing gpm service

bananabrain · 2014-07-27 21:40:37

After a new 64 bit arch build and installation of a few useful utilities I've been unable to get the console mouse daemon to work properly.

gpm was installed as a dependency for vim and mc.

After "systemctl enable gpm" and a reboot I have no console mouse. The journal shows:

Jul 27 17:14:17 calypso /usr/bin/gpm[215]: *** info [daemon/startup.c(136)]:
Jul 27 17:14:17 calypso /usr/bin/gpm[215]: Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon mode.
Jul 27 17:14:17 calypso /usr/bin/gpm[215]: O0o.oops(): [daemon/old_main.c(58)]:
Jul 27 17:14:17 calypso /usr/bin/gpm[215]: Could not open /dev/input/mice.

/dev/nput/mice appears to be present and correct:

root@calypso ~ # ls -l /dev/input/mice 
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 63 Jul 27 17:14 /dev/input/mice

I've never seen this behaviour before after any arch installation, even on the exact same model of peecee.

This isn't exactly a show stopper since starting and stopping gpm manually works flawlessly, but I'd appreciate it if someone could help me understand what's wrong here.

Last edited by bananabrain (2014-07-28 00:31:02)

Tarqi · 2014-07-27 22:23:35

See https://www.archlinux.org/news/linux-31 … w-modular/.

If your mouse is connected to the PS/2 port, the module is not loaded when gpm starts. Put it in /etc/modules-load.d or into your initcpio.

bananabrain · 2014-07-27 23:17:27

Can't believe I'd missed this... I'd stupidly removed the keyboard hook from mkinitcpio.conf

Many thanks Tarqi for putting me on the right track.

Last edited by bananabrain (2014-07-27 23:17:45)

Tarqi · 2014-07-28 00:16:08

You're welcome. If it is solved, please edit your OP title to let others participate.

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#1 2014-07-27 21:40:37

[SOLVED] Failing gpm service

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