NAME

       gpm.conf — startup configuration file for gpm

DESCRIPTION

       gpm.conf  specifies  options  to  be  passed  to  the gpm daemon at start time.  It is parsed by the init
       script, rather  than  by  gpm  itself.   It  comprises  variable  assignments  in  Bourne  shell  syntax:
       variable=value (with no extra spaces; to embed spaces or other shell metacharacters in values, use quotes
       as in shell scripting).  Blank lines and lines beginning with a hash ("#") are ignored.

       Settings  are  implemented by setting flags on the gpm command line; these are documented in gpm(8).  The
       following variable names are specified:

       device  Specifies the device file for your primary mouse.  This sets -m.

       type    Specifies the protocol for your primary mouse.  This sets -t.

       device2, type2
               The same as device and type, but for your secondary mouse.  These set -m and -t after passing -M.
               If either of these are defined, both must be.

       responsiveness
               Specifies the responsiveness for your primary mouse.  This sets -r.

       sample_rate
               Specifies the sample rate for your primary mouse.  This sets -s.

       repeat_type
               Enables the gpm repeater and sets the repeater protocol, using the -R flag.  Repeat type none  or
               an empty value will disable the repeater.

       append  Any  options  specified  here are appended to the gpm command line.  If you use multiple options,
               you will need to enclose the value in quotes ("").

EXAMPLES

       A simple gpm.conf file for a PS/2 mouse whose protocol  should  be  autodetected,  and  which  should  be
       repeated in /dev/gpmdata as a serial Microsoft Intellimouse:

             # Sample gpm.conf

             device=/dev/psaux
             type=autops2
             repeat_type=ms3

       This will cause the daemon to be started as gpm -m /dev/psaux -t autops2 -Rms3.

FILES

       /etc/gpm.conf

SEE ALSO

       gpm(8),  dpkg-reconfigure(8).   dpkg-reconfigure gpm can be used to generate and update the gpm.conf file
       automatically.

Debian 3.0                                       January 5, 2005                                     GPM.CONF(5)