Debian Bug report logs - #297491
Please use repeat_type=none in default /etc/gpm.conf file

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Alan W. Irwin" <irwin@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Please use repeat_type=none in default /etc/gpm.conf file

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:06:24 -0800

Package: gpm
Version: 1.19.6-19
Severity: wishlist


When making a fresh install, repeat_type=ms3 is the default in /etc/gpm.conf
(at least for all the Debian testing systems I have installed recently). My
experience is any repeat type other than none screws up the X mouse and
constitutes a major barrier to entry for desktop Debian since new users
aren't very happy with mouseless X. To avoid this interference with the X
mouse, I automatically reconfigure every gpm installation I do as
repeat_type=none with good results.  Of course, from the man page there are
apparently some broken mice where repeating is necessary in order for X to
work, but surely that is for a tiny minority of users.

Thus, please consider using the default of repeat_type=none in the
/etc/gpm.conf file. I believe this will better serve the majority of desktop
Debian users and will also make the life of a Debian desktop newbie who is
trying to get the X mouse to work a whole lot less painful.

Alan W. Irwin

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.4.30.11    Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                 2.8.4        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  ucf                         1.14         Update Configuration File: preserv

-- debconf information:
* gpm/responsiveness:
* gpm/repeat_type: none
* gpm/append:
* gpm/restart: false
* gpm/sample_rate:
* gpm/device: /dev/psaux
* gpm/restart_default: false
* gpm/type: ps2

Message #10 received at 297491@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jason Cormie <jason@wormwood666.demon.co.uk>

To: 297491@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [gpm] repeat type is set to none if a 2.6 kernel is detected.

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:42:31 +0000

Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.4-3.3

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In gpm.config if a linux 2.6 kernel is detected the (rather redundant) 
repeat_type option is set to none.

I think this bug can be closed


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  900 testing         ftp.debian.org
  850 unstable        ftp.debian.org
  800 stable          www.debian-multimedia.org
  800 stable          security.debian.org
  800 stable          ftp.debian.org
  700 experimental    ftp.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends             (Version) | Installed
=============================-+-=============
libc6                (>= 2.7) | 2.11.2-7
libgpm2           (>= 1.20.4) | 1.20.4-3.3
debconf             (>= 0.5)  | 1.5.36
 OR debconf-2.0               |
dpkg             (>= 1.15.4)  | 1.15.8.5
 OR install-info              | 4.13a.dfsg.1-6
debianutils          (>= 1.7) | 3.4
ucf                 (>= 0.28) | 3.0025+nmu1
lsb-base                      | 3.2-23.1


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