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ZeKraut

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Registered: 2008-12-16

Posts: 6

Mouse vanishes after switching from X to TTYn and back

Hello everyone

I am using Arch for almost two months now on my good ol' Dell Latitude labtop, and (comming from Slackware) I am quite satisfied with it. However, I discovered a little flaw somewhere in my configuration. I have absolutely no idea where the source could be: When I switch back to X from a TTY-Terminal my touch pad does not work anymore. I can still move the cursor with the track point, but I cannot press any button. When I then switch to the terminal I started X from, I can read the message: "(EE) AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad: Device has changed - disabling." When I restart X everything is just fine again. So, this is not really a problem, but an annoyance.

I could not find much in the web about it. Does anyone has some hints for me?

Thank you all very much in advance

ZeKraut

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: Mouse vanishes after switching from X to TTYn and back

Is the gpm service running?

As an alternative, are you using qingy or some other directfb app?

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ZeKraut

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Registered: 2008-12-16

Posts: 6

Re: Mouse vanishes after switching from X to TTYn and back

Hello patroclo7

Thank you for your answer! I do not run gpm nor any DirectFB application.

ZeKraut